msw appreciates Carol White's (the executive administrative assistant to Superintendent Apostle) work on behalf of requests for information and documents.
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The email follows -
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 7:45 PM
To: Carol L White; Alex P. Apostle
Subject: Was there a vote for the approval of the International Baccalaureate Program?
Carol and Superintendent Apostle,
I have been looking over some of the minutes and the agendas for Board Meetings. I am not clear on whether the IB Program has been approved by the Board with an official vote.
Can you please clear this up for me?
The Board voted to approve a Grant Application for $20,000 in funding to pay for the teacher training and the original IB program application in April of 2009. The implementation of a program like IB itself is historically not something that the Board has to approve with an official vote. They have requested to be kept informed on it’s progress and Roberta Stengel has been giving regular updates at the Board meetings.
Is there some recent figures on how much this program is going to cost and how much it has cost so far?
The IB program, to date, has cost $42,608. The projected cost of the program will depend on how it is implemented in the future. We don’t have specifics on this.
Is this information somewhere on the district website? If not, that would be great if it was!!
This information is not available online at this time. We generally do not post this type of financial information online unless it is part of the budget process.
Can you tell me what the line item is for all the costs associated for the IB program?
There is no line item for IB in the general budget at this time, as the costs incurred so far have been paid for by a donation from the Washington Foundation to develop an IB program.
Costs covered to this point have been application fees, teacher training, instructional supplies and a coordinator stipend.
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msw has the following observations on the answers received from the superintendent's office -
According to the information in this email there was NOT a vote on the implementation by the MCPS Board of Trustees.
For such a wide reaching and expensive program it seems that a Board vote by the all MCPS trustees would have been prudent.
The district does not seem to understand that citizens like transparency in government, especially where their money is concerned. It is troubling that IB costs cannot be listed on the district web site.
NO LINE ITEM FOR IB COSTS IN THE DISTRICT BUDGET - THIS GETS A RED FLAG FROM Missoula Schools Watchdog!
IN JULY, 2011, THE DISTRICT STILL HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE IB PROGRAM WAS GOING TO COST THE DISTRICT.
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msw has the following observations on the answers received from the superintendent's office -
According to the information in this email there was NOT a vote on the implementation by the MCPS Board of Trustees.
For such a wide reaching and expensive program it seems that a Board vote by the all MCPS trustees would have been prudent.
The district does not seem to understand that citizens like transparency in government, especially where their money is concerned. It is troubling that IB costs cannot be listed on the district web site.
NO LINE ITEM FOR IB COSTS IN THE DISTRICT BUDGET - THIS GETS A RED FLAG FROM Missoula Schools Watchdog!
IN JULY, 2011, THE DISTRICT STILL HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE IB PROGRAM WAS GOING TO COST THE DISTRICT.
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