School Board Recognitions

January 24, 2006

6. Student, Employee, and Public Awards and Recognition

6.A. Superintendent’s Quality Award

The School Board is pleased to recognize staff from the Offices of Business Services and Purchasing Services, as recipients of the Superintendent’s Quality Award. We’d request that those present from these offices please stand to be recognized. Accepting the award from the Office of Business Services is Kim Hocutt and from the Office of Purchasing Services—Carla Smith.

Nominations for the Quality Award are submitted to the Office of Organizational Development and are selected for recognition based on the quality practices demonstrated.

The Offices of Business Services and Purchasing Services developed an e-commerce and automation project with the goal of reducing the amount of effort required to purchase and pay for the goods and services needed to operate the school division. They devised a multi-pronged approach which included purchasing software allowing electronic processes and approvals; using electronic catalogs for items covered by term pricing agreements that would allow “pick and click” ordering; utilizing web-based contracts for certain items to be placed directly from schools and/or departments; and implementing a procurement card program to empower our employees to work more efficiently. The results and effectiveness of improving these processes have been a reduction (by more than half) in the annual volume of both requisitions and purchase orders, and a conversion of labor intensive paper-based processes into electronic and web-based processes for a small dollar amount, resulting in more streamlined and expedited transactions.

The Board is pleased to present the staff from the Offices of Business Services and Purchasing Services with Commendations of Distinction and the Superintendent’s Quality Award for their efforts. Congratulations!

6.B. Outstanding Attendance – December 2005

The School Board is now pleased to recognize the schools with the highest rates of student attendance for the month of December 2005. Representatives from these schools are invited to come forward as their school’s name is announced.

Old Donation Center, with an attendance rate of 96.33% is the recipient of the elementary school attendance certificate. Accepting the school’s certificate is ­­ Principal Gloria Harris . Congratulations to the students and staff at Old Donation Center for their outstanding attendance in December!

Kemps Landing Magnet School, with an attendance rate of 97.37%, receives the attendance certificate for middle schools for December. Accepting the certificate for Kemps Landing Magnet is Christopher Nixon, 6 th Grade Social Studies Teacher and SCA Advisor; Marie C., SCA President; and Kristin E., member of the SCA Executive Council. Congratulations to the students and staff at Kemps Landing Magnet School for their outstanding student attendance!

At the high school level, the attendance certificate for December goes to Ocean Lakes High School who reported a 94.46% student attendance rate. Accepting the school’s certificate is Assistant Principal Norman Benwitz and Senior William D., who has had perfect attendance for the past 5 years! Congratulations to Ocean Lakes High students and staff for their outstanding attendance in December!

6.C. Most Improved Attendance – December 2005

The School Board will now recognize the schools with the most improved attendance for the month of December 2005.

A review of attendance data indicates that the Center for Effective Learning had the highest percent of most improved attendance for December with an improvement rate of 0.83% for student attendance. Accepting CEL’s attendance certificate is Zeddie Gibbs, Assistant Principal. Congratulations to students and staff at Center for Effective Learning!

Open Campus High had the highest percent of most improved attendance at the high school level with an improvement rate of 1.77% for student attendance. Accepting Open Campus’ certificate is Josh Darden, Assistant Principal. Congratulations to Open Campus High!

Mr. Chairman, that concludes our recognitions for this evening.