A Rare Opportunity.Peter Holland found the perfect trade-off with his governing board Noun 1. governing board - a board that manages the affairs of an institution board - a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members" . Long interested in conducting his own research on educational issues, the superintendent of the 3,500-student Belmont Public Schools Belmont Public Schools is a school district that serves Belmont, Massachusetts, United States. Schools There are four public elementary schools in Belmont, the Burbank, Butler, Winn Brook, and Wellington schools. just completed a two-month leave to gather up-to-date information on policy matters of priority to his board. Holland said the issue of performance-based pay was his prime interest, though he also spent time looking at benchmarking
Benchmarking (also "best practice benchmarking" or "process benchmarking") is a process used in management and particularly strategic of the best practices and cost-cutting measures in other school systems. He worked out of an office at Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing and attended three out-of-town out-of-town adj. 1. Of, relating to, or being from another town or city. 2. Happening in another town or city: the out-of-town début of a new musical. Adj. 1. conferences. He plans to report on his findings to the school committee and lead discussions with district staff. In his leave proposal to the school committee, Holland said he would piece together his professional development days, vacation leave, and excused leave to cover the outlay of time for his research and writing. As part of the agreement, he pledged to commit his services to the district through the 1997-98 year. |
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