Meeting Goals

• Review and refine the Commission’s draft recommendations for Student Advancement and Teacher Training in preparation for final action.
• Explore models for leveraging partnerships, shared services and regional collaboration to strengthen district operations and advance local priorities.
• Identify promising approaches, considerations and questions to inform the Commission’s recommendations on Administrative Operations.

Agenda

• 9:30 AM | Coffee and Pastries
• 10:00 AM | Welcome and Approval of Minutes l Anne Faircloth, Co-Chair; Don Martin, Co-Chair
• 10:15 AM | Commission Updates l Emma Braaten, Friday Institute
• 10:30 AM | Review Draft Recommendations
• 12:00 PM | Working Lunch
• 12:45 PM | Superintendent and Chief Finance Officer Panel with Q&A
  • Panelists:
    • Aaron Fleming, Superintendent, Alamance-Burlington School System
    • Tony Messer, Chief Finance Officer, Alamance-Burlington School System
    • Jonathan Bryant, Chief Administrator, Lincoln Charter School
    • Christy Berry, Chief Finance Officer, Lincoln Charter School
    • Jason Gardner, Superintendent, Mooresville Graded School District
    • Angie Davis, Chief Finance Officer, Mooresville Graded School District
  • Moderated by: Robert Taylor, Superintendent, Wake County Public School System
• 2:00 PM l Break
• 2:15 PM l Presentation on Shared Services for Districts from a National Perspective (virtual) w/ Q&A l Joan Wade, Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESA)
• 3:00 PM | Commission Discussion and Shareout
• 3:25 PM | Closing Remarks l Anne Faircloth, Co-Chair; Don Martin, Co-Chair
• 3:30 PM l Dismissal

Pre-Reading Material

• North Carolina Public School Shared Services. This report from 2007 examines shared-services efforts in the North Carolina public school context.
• Shared Services in Rural School Communities: Examples from the Field. This report from 2020 offers a state-by-state examination of Educational Service Agencies (ESAs) for regional support.

Resources