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Superintendent previews financial system replacement, population study and capital planning
Summary
Superintendent Eric Reid previewed a proposal to replace the district's financial system, update population-growth projections with RSP, and encouraged board input on SRO funding and high-school cell-phone policy ahead of handbook changes.
Superintendent Eric Reid told the board USD 383 will bring a proposal at the March 26 meeting to replace the district's Alio financial system — in place since 2008 — and to consolidate several operating systems into a single platform that district staff say will save the district six figures annually once implemented.
Reid said an operating-systems committee that included IT, human resources, business operations and teaching-and-learning staff audited the district's systems and identified a bundled solution the administration will present to the board for approval on March 26. “The great thing about it is it's also going to save us six figures on an annual basis once we have everything in place,” Reid said.
Reid also said USD 383 plans to contract with RSP to update population-growth trend projections used for long-range capital planning; the last projection cited by staff dated to 2020. He said updated projections will inform the district’s 20-year capital outlay improvement plan, which staff expect to discuss at the facilities and growth committee.
Other items Reid highlighted: continued preliminary work on a three-tiered busing model, the district’s KISA check-in and accreditation planning with KSDE staff, and an upcoming review of cell-phone policy at Manhattan High School intended to produce a recommendation before handbook revisions. Reid said state commissioner of education Randy Watson and state board member Dr. Niu recently visited district classrooms.
On school safety, Reid reiterated that any decision to fund SROs will have budget trade-offs and that he had discussed a legislative vehicle to allow capital outlay funding for SROs, which had not advanced at the time of the meeting.
Reid invited board feedback on these initiatives and asked the board to expect the financial-system proposal and more detailed capital-planning materials at the March 26 meeting.
