Although statute and traditional organization provide that the Superintendent of Lincoln Public Schools is the executive officer for an elected school board and, therefore, is the operational director of the entire school system, the size of the Lincoln Public Schools as an organization and the complexity and variety of its mission is beyond the scope of individual management.
For this reason, the organizational plan provides for the operation of the Superintendent’s Office as a team endeavor. The team concept mobilizes the maximum input of expertise available within the organization for decision making and automatically provides good communication among the top level administrators without destroying efficiency of operation.
Within the team concept, many decisions and directions to the staff and recommendations to the Board emanate from the Superintendent’s Office rather than from the Superintendent as an individual; however, in order to assure accountability, the Superintendent is responsible for the decisions of the Superintendent’s Executive Committee and staff. Members of the Superintendent’s Office include all those individuals identified as members of the Superintendent’s Executive Committee.