The director for Financial Services and the director for Budgetary Services develop a draft procedure manual that includes manual as well as computerized accounting processes. November-February 2000 3. The assistant superintendent for Business Services approves the final procedure manual and distributes it to all accounting staff. This recommendation could be implemented with existing resources. As a result, they are inefficient and clerks must work overtime to keep up with a demanding and ever increasing workload.
Morale is low, particularly in the payroll area.
Contributing to the problem is the fact that many clerks have been in their position for a relatively short time, due to recent staff turnover within the Financial Services Department. One payroll clerk, who had worked in the payroll area for two years, resigned May 31, 1999. This lack of tenure creates even more work-related stress because the newer clerks still have much to learn. Moreover, the district added one middle school and two elementary schools at the beginning of 1998-99 and has plans to convert two ninth grade centers to high schools in the fall of 2000. However, the number of accounts payable and payroll clerks has remained the same.