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STAKEHOLDERS SUMMIT
The participants in the Stakeholders Summit,
on June 26, 1997, selected their Top Ten Priority issues to be addressed
in the VISION Process:
| Priority Issues
|
Number of Points |
Addressed In
|
| |
out of
100 |
|
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|
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| Education |
88.5 |
Education |
| Economic |
|
|
|
Development/Salaries |
83 |
Economic Development
|
| Environment
|
48.5 |
Quality of Life
|
| Quality of Life |
46.6 |
Quality of Life
|
| Transportation/Traffic
Flow |
42 |
Infrastructure
|
| Infrastructure |
34 |
Infrastructure
|
| Government |
27 |
Government |
| Consolidated Government |
24 |
Government |
| Community Leadership
|
23 |
Private Sector Leadership |
| Law Enforcement/Crime |
13 |
Quality of Life |
The facilitator used this list during the VISION facilitation
process in June and July. These issues are addressed throughout the
VISION and strategies for the six interdependent foundations required
to provide global competitive advantage for Bay County and specifically as
noted above.
KEY BENCHMARKS AND TARGETS
The Task Force agreed that we should use the following key benchmarks
to measure our progress over the next 20 years. Achieving these benchmarks
will require our working together in unprecedented ways on the strategies
in the six interdependent foundations. We are committed to making progress
every year.
- K-12 EDUCATION - The Bay County School system will be in the
top quartile of school districts in the United States in graduation rate
and academic scores. This national ranking will also exceed our national
rank in school system expenditures.
History
- Expansion Management Magazine rates the large school districts
in the United States each year in its September/October issue. On a
scale of 50 to 150, it provides a capsule summary of how a school
district stands on a continuum of US school districts with enrollments
of 450 students or more. The Resource Index is an indication of
how a community supports its school district and includes teacher
salaries, per pupil dollars on instruction, and student/teacher ratio.
In 1996, the Bay County Resource Index was 120.
On a scale of 50 to 150, this was in the top quartile of school
districts of the United States. The Graduate Outcome Index is a
measure of the product of the school district and measures graduation
rates and average college board scores. In 1996, the Bay
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