Sacramento City schools chief seeks accountability officer
By Melody Gutierrez/Sacramento Bee
Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent Jonathan Raymond has talked at great length about accountability since he was hired in August. Now, Raymond is moving forward on two initiatives to bring more accountability to the city school district. Raymond is asking the school board to approve a new position – chief accountability officer – who will oversee a new section of the district's website aimed at providing school-by-school information. The website is in the initial planning stages after the district signed a $52,000 contract in January with Mariner, a North Carolina data and performance management company. (more...)