At the request of County Executive Dr. Ball, there was an audit recently conducted focusing on HCPSS. Here are the 3-page executive summary and full report:
The full report is attached here:
2020 HCPSS School Audit Result
HCPSS audit
HCPSS 2020 Risk Assessment Report
Here is the risk assessment report from David Clark, HCPSS Internal Auditor. High risk areas by alphabetical order:
- Bus driver shortage
- Cash reserves
- Classroom technology and aging infrastructure
- Deferred maintenance
- Health fund deficit
- IT security
- Mental Health
- Overcrowding
- Performance gap
- Program and resource cuts
- Regional special education and early childhood programs
- Special education
- Staff shortages
- Teacher absenteeism and staff shortage
- Teacher development
Frankly this is a long list, especially during our difficult budget discussion. Here is the full report.