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5r <br />Sean Williams: Would it then be surprising to you if I was to share with you that out of the 50 <br />recommendations for Davie County only 20 something were implemented, Duplin County none were <br />implemented, out of Burke County, a handful were implemented? That all the work that you've done, <br />there is no follow up to see if the money being spent, if anything is happening? <br />LR: I don't have those statistics or rather those statistics were not shared with me. I'd be happy to follow <br />up with each of my clients in each of those but I just haven't done that. <br />23:281 will email that to you <br />Sean Williams: What would be the peer counties that you would compare Lee County to? <br />LR: The peer counties that were chosen that we recommended ... I've got them here.... Franklin, <br />Granville, Fender, Rutherford, Stanley and Surry. And at the request of the Superintendent this <br />afternoon, he requested that Chatham be added and we have no problem adding Chatham <br />LR (Repeats each county slowly at the request of Sean Williams) <br />LR: That was based on total students, total staff, there's a whole list here. I don't know if you ... I mean, <br />I can email you this. Pupil teacher ratio, ethnicity, percentage free and reduced lunch, percentage of <br />students in special education, and many other variables. <br />33:38 1 will check on that <br />John Bernadi: In our contacting of references from the other districts, your firm during the staff <br />interviews has gleaned information concerning cost savings that had already been incorporated prior <br />to the review. And in turn, this information showed up in the report as recommendations from your <br />company. Should we expect the same thing here in Lee County? <br />LR: A couple of instances with that have occurred. Sometimes between a draft and a final report the <br />superintendent and staff have said what a great idea, we can do that immediately and let's do it. Often <br />they are called to be accountable to whomever in public. And they like to be able to say, hey, we did <br />that one, so keep it in the report. That is happened on numerous occasions. Because it is one that <br />they can click off and say, hey, I did this and we already saved $30,000 on whatever it might happen <br />to be. I don't remember of any time that we've kept something in that we kept something in that was <br />requested be taken out because it was already done. <br />John: I noticed one example that comes to my mind that I recall. A recommendation and a savings was <br />attributed to it of maintaining 100% efficiency as it pertains to transportation. In that particular county, <br />and I can't remember the name, it escapes me, they had been at 100% efficiency but yet that savings <br />was incorporated in the bottom line even though as a recommendation .... (he was cut off). <br />LR: I'd be happy to look at that recommendation. I don't have them all memorized. I mentioned to the <br />superintendent today that if there are any questions on any particular recommendation in any county's <br />report whether it be in North Carolina or Los Angeles, let me know and I "d be happy to analyze it and <br />provide some information. <br />(Mark comes in and lets them know it is Wayne County) <br />