Harbor Beach Community Schools, Michigan

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Harbor Beach Community Schools is a school district in Huron County, Michigan. According to a report from the Michigan Department of Education, it served 655 students for the 2007-08 school year and was the 501st largest public school district in Michigan.[1] The Mackinac Center for Public Policy has contacted Harbor Beach to post its checkbook register but so far it does not appear to be online.

Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Michigan school district websites

The good

• The 2009-2010 budget and the approved 2010-2011 budget, including revenue information, is posted.^[1]
• Personnel expenditures, employee compensation information, and an audit finance report are also posted.^[1]
• Minutes from recent school board meetings are posted on the district homepage.

The bad

• Administrative and school board information is not available.
• Meeting schedule, agendas, and archived minutes are not posted.
• Academic performance information is not available.
• Information regarding accessing public records is not available.
• Policies and procedures for background checks is not available.
• Teacher and vendor contracts are not posted.

School Board

Information about school board members is not available on the district website.

Budget

The 2010-2011 expenditures budget totals $5,044,265, including $1,435,846 in local revenue, $3,091,217 in state revenue, and $170,404 in federal revenue, as well as $348,872 in incoming transfers.^[1]

Superintendent's salary

Superintendent Ron Kraft's made $300,000 in 2009 for his total compensation from the district.^[2] He was paid $49,200 for working 4 hours a day as a high school principal; $5,000 to check roads and weather conditions; $9,204 for working over the 225 days he contracted for; $39,724 for cashing in sick days; $30,000 in annuity benefits, and $63,038 in other fringe benefits.^[2]

Transparency Resources

• Search for Revenue and Expenditure Reports
• Search for Collective Bargaining Agreements
• Search for Categorical Grants
• Search for Michigan Merit Exam Test Scores
• 'ABC News', Local superintendent's compensation package draws scrutiny, September 24, 2010

External links

• District Website
• Harbor Beach Community Schools District website
• Michigan Department of Education
• Michigan Education Association

References

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