Finance and Operations - SLT updates

May 2021

On May 3rd the ISP Strategic Interest & Review Teams met to provide feedback and suggest additional steps forward on the strategic projects above.

  • Please see the LINK to the May review and feedback.

April 2021

  • Goal 7 & 8- Budget is being developed including 5 year scenarios and will be reviewed by the Board in May.

  • Goal 4 - Due to government requirements, the Secondary School was physically closed for a month. As such, another meeting with the lunch providers is to be scheduled by the end of May to review the offer after having shared the survey.

  • Goal 8 - The latest budget assumptions for 2021-22 do not include expansion of primary school facilities.

March 2021

  • Goal 4 - A survey on the Cortambert cafeteria's offerings to students was completed and shared with the provider. Looking forward to further developments.

  • Goal 6 - Drafting for a Finance and Operations Continuation Plan has begun; and the plan will continue to be finalised through to the end of the school year.

  • Goal 7 - Several scenarios are being developed for next school year budget planning and 2 consecutive presentations to the Finance Committee are planned in April and May.

January 2021

On January 20th the ISP Strategic Interest & Review Teams met to provide feedback and suggest additional steps forward on the strategic projects above.

  • Please see the LINK to this mid-school year review and feedback.

December 2020

  • Goal 2 - An ECA inventory is now available and categorised according to our guiding statements.

  • Goal 4 - An end of term evaluation of cafeteria's offerings is taking place on December 16th.

  • Goal 7 - Financial plans for next year are starting to develop, and more clarity on this project is expected as the school year advances.

IMPORTANT

November - Due to additional expectations with COVID-19 protocols / Lockdown 2 and Home / Online Learning requirements some strategic projects have now been 'paused'.

Project 1. - Paused and on hold for this school year. The fee structure revision will need additional time. Due to COVID a dissociation between the budget and fee setting for 2021 / 2022 now exists.

Project 3. - Paused and on hold for this school year. Due to COVID limitations, HLP is paused for the summer, 2021. This is due to COVID uncertainty and the planning timeline required, as from January 2021).

Project 8. - Paused and on hold for this school year.

October 2020

  • Goal 4- Diversity of canteen menus is being implemented and we have started to notice increased demand.

  • Goal 6 - Implementation of a new online Purchase to Pay system will provide better dissemination of responsibilities to manage the ordering process.

  • Goal 2 - The global pandemic and the security situation, with France now on high alert for terrorism attacks, significantly impacts the way ECAs are run and organised , not yet allowing for a global reflection.

  • Goal 7&8 - Current difficulties with the COVID-19 pandemic in France and over the world do not provide for proper expansion models.

September 2020

  • Goal 4 - Discussions are ongoing with the catering provider to determine the limit and organisation of their offer.

  • Goal 5 - Department heads have outlined a home-working rotation schedule for admin staff to limit the number of staff in any one department on any given day.

  • Goal 7 & 8 - School is open and fully operating