STANDARD 3: MANAGEMENT AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Education leaders manage the organization to cultivate a safe and productive learning and working environment.
Element 3A: Operations and Facilities Leaders provide and oversee a functional, safe, and clean learning environment.
Element 3B: Plans and Procedures Leaders establish structures and employ policies and processes that support students to graduate ready for college and career.
Element 3C: Climate Leaders facilitate safe, fair, and respectful environments that meet the intellectual, linguistic, cultural, social-emotional, and physical needs of each learner.
Element 3D: Fiscal and Human Resources Leaders align fiscal and human resources and manage policies and contractual agreements that build a productive learning environment.
This letter to parents and the community explains the how and why we spend money within the school budget. The letter is an attempt to open dialog with the community to ensure that fiscal resources are being allocated appropriately for what the LEA team deems in the best interests of our students.
In understanding how underfunding affects our schools, we learn how our fiscal management can have far reaching ramifications on facilities, procedures, and supports that ensure that our students are receiving the best learning environment possible. It will be important going forward into years of budget cuts, to understand what our most vital and best practices are so that we can maintain and fight for them.