ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION

The Committee will determine the policies to guide the decision-making process governing all activities of the schools. In setting these policies, it will seek appropriate input from administrators, staff and community.

The superintendent is responsible to the Committee for the administration of the schools under applicable laws and the policies of the Committee. In addition, the superintendent, in cooperation with the administrative staff, shall prepare in detail, where applicable, the rules and regulations for implementing the approved policies.

The Committee also requires the superintendent to organize the staff to secure clear understanding of the functions of each official and of the relationship between and among them; to establish clear lines of communication, both vertically and horizontally; and to establish the necessary committees to provide for efficient operation of the school system. To engage in this process in an orderly fashion, each group shall be given particular responsibilities, and channels shall be established so that the recommendations or decisions of each group can be heard and reviewed by the administrative officer concerned and, where appropriate, by the Committee.

In the organization and administration of the schools, the superintendent shall balance responsibility with commensurate authority subject to the reserved and legal powers of the Committee . This means that a member of the staff, when assigned a responsibility or a position, shall be given the authority to make the decisions necessary to perform the tasks.

Adopted: 11-3-98