Paid for out of the central budget, long-distance calls were essentially free to users. Investigating the call revealed that a social studies teacher had made a conference call to a corresponding class in Bolivia. Getting What You Don t Pay For Your internal accounting system may be guaranteeing poor decision making, inefficiency and waste. Here s a solution that provides immediate results. By Daniel B. Edds A few miles north of Seattle lies one of the better school districts in western Washington.
Teachers enjoy salaries significantly above the state norm.
The district is known for its innovation and leadership in education reform. Staff members are committed to its mission and work hard to educate the district s 20,000 students. Yet, the district found that having intelligent, enthusiastic employees wasn t enough. The story of the district s copy center illustrates this point. The district s copy center had been charging for its services as an enterprise program.