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RESOLUTION 97-10 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Bruce G. Rinker and Council as a Whole A RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION TO DR. DAVID C. ABSOTT WHEREAS, upon the completion of his sixth year as Superintendent of the Mayfield School system, Dr. David Abbott has demonstrated unique skills as an effective and capable leader; his integrity, skill and personality have left a lasting mark on the Mayfield Schools for which the school community is grateful and for which he is due our recognition and thanks; and WHEREAS, among Dr. Abbott's many accomplishments are the following highlights: • Student academic achievement in the Mayfield City School District, across the board in all subject and grade levels tested, is higher now than at any other time in the District's recorded history, with such specific results as signi.ficant increases of Mayfield students in national mean percentiles in standardized test scores across all grade levels; within the State of Ohio, success on the 4', 6' and 9' grade proficiency tests have ranked Mayfield in the top 5% of state school districts; ACT and college board scores of Mayfield students are well above national, state and comparative school scores; By actively seeking out and promoting innovation, Superintendent Abbott has achieved significant cost savings: labor negotiations during his tenure have resulted in budgets under the CPI in the school's five unions; 2.3 million dollars in savings in health care costs have been achieved through collective bargaining; restructuring of the teaching day has significantly increased actual teaching time while concurrently realizing a cost savings of over $300,000 per annum; revision of bus driver's schedules has reduced operating expenses by $150,000 per annum; revamping of the food sezvice department duxing the course of a three-year period has reversed an annual debt of over $165,000 to an annual profit; • He actively engaged local communities to re-evaluate tax abatement issues and thereby secured for the school district over $400,000 in annual revenues for the next 15 years; • He promoted and participated in various busixiess forums and improved intradistrict communication between the four political subdivisions which comprise the Mayfield School System as well and the many businesses, large and small, which lie within the District; by aggressively tapping the resources of local businesses, several of which are large international operations, Dr. Abbott improved benchmarking techniques, work study programs, and the contributions of time, personnel, services and a variety of other resource§% the private sector offers to the Mayfield public school system.