Teresa Ward

This strategic plan outlines the roadmap for Bacon County Schools to provide an equitable and excellent education, empowering all children for college, career, and life. The plan emphasizes establishing a culture of accountability, enhancing communication with both internal and external stakeholders, and maintaining a high academic focus through effective instruction and assessment. Its four major goals center on fostering student achievement, ensuring sound operations and fiscal stability, recruiting and developing highly skilled human resources, and strengthening community involvement.

This strategic plan for Bacon County School District outlines key system foci to enhance overall organizational performance. It prioritizes student achievement through effective instruction, curriculum, and assessment; strengthens positive relationships by increasing communication with all internal and external stakeholders; and establishes organizational and operational effectiveness by fostering accountability and maximizing resources.

This strategic plan outlines a mission to provide an equitable and excellent education, serving as a passport to college, career, and life. Its vision is to empower all children to reach their potential and become productive citizens through a positive, challenging learning environment. The plan's primary goals are focused on enhancing student achievement, cultivating positive relationships with all stakeholders, and ensuring robust organizational and operational effectiveness.

This Strategic Plan for Bacon County Schools outlines a comprehensive framework to guide all operational areas. The plan emphasizes establishing a culture of accountability, enhancing communication with all stakeholders, and maintaining a high expectation of academic focus through effective instruction, curriculum, strategies, and assessments. Key priorities include ensuring a safe learning environment, effective resource management, open communication, and robust community involvement. The plan is structured around four major goals: Student Achievement, Operations and Finance, Human Resources, and Community Involvement, aiming to empower all children to reach their potential and become productive citizens through a positive, challenging learning environment.

The budget process includes meetings with directors and principals to discuss staffing, supplies, projects, and instructional and facility needs. The process involves school-level budgeting, adjusting the Resource Allocation Map/Plan (RAMP), and preparing the budget. Revenue and appropriations projections are updated, and budget challenges and opportunities are addressed. Public meetings are held to review the proposed tentative budget and receive public comments. The official GaDOE allotment sheets are used for updated revenue figures, and final updates are made to revenue and appropriations. The tentative budget is adopted in May, and the final budget is adopted in June. The millage recommendation process includes completing and submitting Department of Revenue forms. The roll-back rate is calculated, and the Local Board of Education evaluates it. Public meetings are advertised and held to discuss tax increases, and the BOE approves the millage rate.