Accountability

We recognized that in a school district with over 164,000 students, over 22,000 staff, and over 200 schools -- one of the most significant problems was ensuring accountability throughout the system.  To improve accountability the School Board developed an Audit Committee composed of 2 School Board members, the Superintendent, and appropriate staff.  The goal of the Committee is to evaluate the effectiveness of FCPS programs.  The results are just now coming in but we see evidence of improved program effectiveness and efficiencies. 

Our new Strategic Governance process helps ensure accountability by aligning resources to School Board Goals and measuring the success of the system in reaching those goals.   This occurs not only with academic performance but in all of our operational areas as well – such as Human Resources, Information Technology, Finance, Professional Training etc