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Monday, June 15, 2009

School Administration: There and Here

Source: Each System's Organizational Chart

Buncombe County Schools

Superintendent
Personnel Administrator
Assistant Superintendent
Associate Superintendent
Finance Officer
+17 Other Directors, Coordinators, etc.
Equals 22 Total Central Office Administrators
for about 25,700 students.

Davidson County Schools

Superintendent
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction
Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Administration
Chief Finance Officer
Executive Director of Auxiliary Services
+20 Other Directors, Coordinators, etc.
Equals 25 Total Central Office Administrators
for about 20,600 students.

Iredell-Statesville Schools

Superintendent

Deputy Superintendent Of Operations

Associate Superintendent Of Learning

Assistant Superintendent - EC

Assistant Superintendent Career & Tech. Ed./Innovation

Assistant Superintendent Secondary Ed. (6-12)/Student Services

Assistant Superintendent Human Resources

Assistant Superintendent Student Services

Chief Academic Officer

Chief Finance Officer

Chief Quality Officer

Chief Accountability & Technology Officer

Executive Director Leadership Academy

Executive Director Secondary Education/21st Century Reform

Executive Director Elementary Education

Executive Director of Facilities and Planning

+19 Other Directors, Coordinators, etc.
Equals 35 Total Central Office Administrators
for about 21,200 students.

Comparisons:

I-SS has 59% more Central Office administrators then Buncombe County Schools while having 21% fewer students.

I-SS has 40% more Central Office administrators then Davidson County Schools while having only 3% more students.

Dr. Holliday has continually said that I-SS has a lower administrative cost than that of comparably sized schools. It seems like he is being very 'creative' with his statistics.