WVUSD: 2016/2017 Year-End Results
Area of Focus # 3: Fiscal Stability
Goal:
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No organization can function at a high level without a sound institutional
infrastructure and financial controls. For Walnut Valley Unified School District
(WVUSD), this includes not only ensuring the fiscal health of the District, but also
the closely related activities of purchasing, facilities, transportation, and nutrition
services. In light of increasing uncertainty, we must ensure our ability to deliver
efficient, responsive, and capable services to our students and staff for years to
come.
Objectives:
• Refine our staffing model and control personnel costs. With over 85% of our
expenditures going towards personnel, we must find efficiencies in class size and find
means to avoid additional costs in substitute employees, overtime, restitution, etc.
• Identify a program we can implement that calculates sick leave accrued for hourly
employees, tracks the balances and use of employee leaves, and allows employees to
view a history of their sick and vacation leave along with the balances
• Collaborate with each of the District’s divisions and sites to work towards standardization
of all equipment purchases and establish lifecycle replacement plans
• Research the cost and feasibility of using a scanning system for warehouse stock and
fixed assets
• Reduce expenditures on electricity and other utilities through Proposition 39, solar
energy, and other alternative means
• Invest in maintaining facilities in an effort to reduce the frequency of work requests and
repairs
• Establish long-term fiscal alternatives to ensure the future health of the District in light
of current fiscal constraints
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