Rome Board of Education
The meeting will be conducted at the Executive Boardroom at Georgia Highlands College, and Director of Title 1/Testing Robert Young said the meeting is scheduled to last until 5 p.m. but could possibly run longer.
Young said board members will not take any action following the meeting.
Board members must name a new superintendent to lead Rome City Schools before Gayland Cooper retires on Dec. 1.
The Georgia School Boards Association has been imperative in the search for a superintendent, Chairwoman Judy Sims said during last Thursday’s called meeting.
Jim Puckett, coordinator of professional development and superintendent search legislative support with the Georgia School Boards Association, was present at the meeting and informed board members of the number of applicants that met the necessary criteria set by the board. From 30, they’ve further narrowed the pool to the four candidates who will be interviewed at the meeting.
“The board has used the Georgia School Boards Association to assist us in this process, and Dr. Puckett has been our main liaison,” Sims said.
“The Georgia School Board sent out about 1,400 brochures (advertising the position), and they advertised on their website as well as our website. They composed and submitted to us the community survey. All that’s been done.”
Pay for performance has improved management in the private sector. Why not try it with public folks?
For instance, one-half of all public officials compensation should be paid in bonds, i.e. 10-treasury debt or local bonds which they must hold until maturity.
The idea is to align their economic incentives with the long-term growth of Floyd. If the economy does well and they get our fiscal house in order... they prosper.
And if that isn't enough to light a fire under our officials, here's another idea: Let's make the half of their salary paid in bonds conditional on hitting certain performance benchmarks.
A third on labor force participation rate. In the 1990s and early 2000s we kept the labor force participation rate at about 66%, so if the rate falls below that, locals would lose one-third of their government bonds.
Another third would be tied to GDP growth. We'd deny another third of their bonds if GDP averaged below 3%. If they exceeded either benchmark by more than one-half a percent, we'd give them an extra $X in bonds. Exceed both benchmakrs, an additional $Y. Here's the catch: Those improvements would have to last five-years or we taxpayers would claw the bonds back.We want economic policies that provide lasting benefit.
The final third would be determined by our citizens. At every election, we should get to vote on whether we think they are earning their paychecks. No more blaming our problems on the other guy. We vote on how well they're working together, and if we like what we see, they get the final third of their bonds.
Aligning pay with long-term performance can be a good way to change behavior for the better. We should give it a try.