FAQs

Some Frequently Asked Questions:

//Has the Heath Services community been removed?// Yes. at the last meeting with the entire team before school was out we discussed that having 4 communities plus the freshman community was pretty overwhelming. While it would give our students more options, our school and current staffing structure would be more accommodating with 3+ freshman (4 wings, 4 counselors, and 2 assistant principals). The Health and Human Services community seemed to be the one that could most easily be absorbed by the others communities. //Also, I assume that department heads as we know them now will no longer exist as their jobs will be split amongst curriculum coordinators and community administrators?// This is correct. we've removed the title department head all together because that position was very encompassing. We created 2 new positions: curriculum and community administrators. The current department heads are responsible for data and best practices (to an extent), text book adoptions, supplies, teacher evaluations, staff meetings, etc. Because departments will be spread out among 4 different wings and development of "community" is one of the primary goals of this whole restructuring process it seems more conducive to separate the elements of a department head and organize them differently. Curriculum coordinators would be similar to the current dept heads for the purposes of text book adoptions, data in their content area, and best practices. This streamlines their responsibilities. Community administrators are similar in that they would order the supplies, organize and facilitate meetings, and conduct teacher evaluations for the entire community.

//Finally, was this staffing structure something that was decided by this committee (Infrastructure), the Leadership Committee, or administration?// Everything we posted up/sent out the other day was made up with Karen Halle, Michelle Roach, Amanda Sills, and Christina Ballew. Everything is up for discussion and no decisions have been made.