Employees and Bargaining Committee
of
Lisbon/M.S.A.D. No. 75 RPC
{Printed copies are duplex printed on both sides of
paper.}
Minutes
January
30, 2008
The Employees & Bargaining Sub-committee of the
Reorganization Planning Committee (RPC) met during the breakout session on
Wednesday, January 30, 2008, at
Employees and Bargaining Committee members present
were: Steve Harris (Chair); Kim Totten, Jim Henderson, and Kim Benjamin.
Also present was Lisbon Superintendent Shannon
Welsh.
Chair Harris called the meeting to order at 6:45
p.m.
Superintendent Welsh distributed the central office
job descriptions. No discussion ensued.
The Maine Department of Education model for 4,500
students was received via email prior to the meeting. The new model shows an Accounts Payable and
Human Resource position, which answered a few of the questions proposed by the
Sub-committee at the previous meeting.
Superintendent Welsh advised the Sub-committee that
the “Proposed Administrative Organizational Chart” presented at the January 16th
meeting is calculated to be $300 per pupil.
This figure is more than the nine positions recommended by the State,
but what both Superintendents believe an “ideal” organization chart would look like
for 4,500 students. Mrs. Totten
recommended the Business Managers run the administration costs against the
total budget to find what percentage of the budget was spent on administration
versus programs.
Discussion ensued around the responsibilities of
the extra positions being requested under the new RSU versus what the State
recommended as an “ideal” model.
Although there are four positions in the new RSU over what is
recommended, there is a total reduction of three positions as the current
structure is.
|
Position |
MSAD75/Lisbon |
RSU |
State
Model |
|
Superintendent |
1/1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Asst. Superintendent |
1/0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Business Manager |
1/1 |
1 |
1 |
|
HR/Benefits |
2/1 |
3 |
1 |
|
Payroll/Bkkpr/Acct |
3/1 |
4 |
3 |
|
Admin Asst/Sec |
3/1 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Staffing |
11/5
(16) |
13 |
9 |
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January 30, 2008
Ms. Benjamin inquired if there was data available
of other similar schools currently administering student populations around
4,500 and what their organizational structure looked like. Superintendent Welsh responded with a chart
that was compiled at the beginning of the process, for this same purpose. It was a survey of highly efficient, highly
effective schools. Examples included:
|
|
MSAD 35 |
|
|
|
|
Student Population |
2,575 |
4,015 |
3,204 |
3,555 |
|
Staffing |
8 |
12 |
11 |
14.5 |
The additional information requested during this
meeting will be helpful in communication to the public, but was not necessary
to make a decision on how to proceed. The Sub-committee informally agreed to
present the organization chart to the full RPC with a recommendation to accept
it.
The Sub-committee concluded by discussing how
communication to the public will be important, especially in explaining how
although the cost per pupil is at $300, there has been a reduction in staffing
and an overall cost savings of $333,608.
The meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m. for RPC group
debriefing.
Respectfully submitted,
Kim Benjamin
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