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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I saw a post on AEM that we should all go to the county board meeting and ask the county for even more money. This is insane to me.  APS needs to live within its means.  Make the hard choices, have the tough conversations and move on. [b] Not one more penny from the county until the Syphax bloat is cut.[/b][/quote]

[b]Reducing a few positions in Syphax isn't going to materially affect the discrepancy in the budget. 
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If our community values education (it should) then it should appropriately pay for it. 
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Think again...APS Organizational Chart 2023 - 2024 [url]https://apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/02/APS-Organizational-Chart-020124.pdf[/url]

Superintendent’s Cabinet: 8 people
Executive Leadership Team: 30 people (includes Principals)
Chief of Staff Office: 18 people
Chief Operating Office: 23 people
Chief of School Support Office: 38 people (includes Principals)
Chief Academic Office: 26 people (not including Supervisors, Specialists, etc.- maybe another 40 people?)
Division Counsel Office: 3 people
Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Student Support Office: 13 people
School & Community Relations: 10 people

Not included above: administrative assistants, others.
It's not just the number of positions, it's also all the additional paid leave Syphax positions were granted.[/quote]

There should be a hiring freeze on all administrative support jobs in Syphax. As people retire, responsibilities can be combined with other individuals and the professional staff can handle their own damn clerical work. Teachers don’t have administrative support; some more people at Syphax should get used to that too. We’re talking ridiculous ratios at Syphax… Two-person departments with their own administrative support staff. Give me a break.[/quote]

What kind of employer pays government “administrative support staff” these days?  Serious question.  [/quote]

do you want the superintendent to waste time scheduling his own meetings? i don't.[/quote]

No I don’t want the superintendent to schedule his own meetings.  But Im a white collar worker and most of my peer organizations (public and private) have reduced and for the most part eliminated these positions.  Even for fancy big wig types who have to share an admin.  I cannot believe that we have many more than one of these people at APS which is not a high powered corporate organization but rather people should be expected to schedule their own meetings and make their own copies or whatever it is that an admin assistant might do.  What do they do?  How many do you have at your organization?   [/quote]

I actually do my own admin so I know how much time it actually takes (a lot), and that's why I want the superintendent to focus on more important things. I am also not running an org the size of APS.[/quote]

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