| Title: |
Alameda Unified School District, 2009-2011. Alameda Case Study |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Pivot Learning Partners |
| Source: |
Pivot Learning Partners. 2011. |
| Availability: |
Pivot Learning Partners. 731 Market Street Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94103. Tel: 415-644-3400; Fax: 415-644-0213; e-mail: info@pivotlearningpartners.org; Web site: http://www.pivotlearningpartners.org |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
17 |
| Publication Date: |
2011 |
| Document Type: |
Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: |
Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Case Studies; Superintendents; Change Strategies; Educational Finance; Financial Problems; Retrenchment; Educational Administration; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Community Involvement; Community Role; School Community Relationship; Politics of Education; Urban Schools; Organizational Culture; Master Plans; Long Range Planning; Strategic Planning; Improvement Programs; Program Implementation; Program Effectiveness; Boards of Education; Achievement Gap; Change Agents; School Districts; Educational Change |
| Geographic Terms: |
California |
| Abstract: |
When the five-member Board of the Alameda Unified School District selected Kirsten Vital as the new superintendent in 2009, they chose someone from outside their tight-knit community. Board Trustee Margie Sherratt thought Vital was chosen to "get us moving," to be a change agent on closing the achievement gap. Vital, in her initial conversations with the Board heard their dissatisfaction with the status quo despite the fact that the majority of Alameda students were doing well academically. How truly difficult the budget challenges were would become painfully clear over the course of the next two years. By 2009-2010, per pupil expenditure sank to $4,946 and budget forecasts projected a $25.2 million deficit--nearly one-third of the district's budget--by 2013. What district leaders did both to address the fiscal crisis and create large scale change in the district is a story of how district leaders engaged with the community in ways that built on-going support for the work of the school system and consensus around what schools should be for every child in the district. (Contains 12 footnotes.) |
| Abstractor: |
ERIC |
| Entry Date: |
2012 |
| Access URL: |
http://www.pivotlearningpartners.org/sites/default/files/documents/files/Alameda%20USD%20Case%20Study.pdf |
| Accession Number: |
ED532226 |
| Database: |
ERIC |