SCHOOL POLICIES
AND REPORTS
Budget and Salary Compensation Transparency Reporting
MacDowell Prep Academy welcomes the opportunity to communicate to our community the resources provided to us and how we are able utilize them. We will post annual operating budgets and revisions here. Please be sure to take a moment to review the information provided here, and check back often for updates.
Section 18 (2) of Public Act 94 of 1979, The State School Aid Act, has been amended, which requires each school district and intermediate school district to post certain information on its website within 30 days after a board adopts its annual operating budget or any subsequent revision to that budget. The Annual Budget and Transparency Reporting is an opportunity to communicate to our community how we utilize the resources that are provided to us.
We are required to post the following information on our website.
Section 1: Board Approved Budget
Section 3: Educational Service Provider Transparency Reports
2024-25 ESP Transparency Expenditure Report
Educational Services Transparency Expenditures
Section 4: Current Bargaining Agreements
Current Bargaining Agreement 2024
2024-25 Collective Bargaining Agreements Report
Section 5: Employer-Sponsored Health Care Plans
Section 6: Audited Financial Statements
Section 7: Medical Plan Bids
Medical Benefit Plan FY 2024-25
Section 8: Procurement Policy
Section 9: Expense Reimbursement Policy
MPA Statement of Reimbursed Expenses
Section 10: Statement of Reimbursed Expenses
Section 11: Employee Compensation Information
Average Salaries (as of 25-26)
· New Teachers (less than 5 years of certification): $58,000
· Veteran Teachers (5 or more years of certification): $70,856
· Support Staff (paraprofessionals, food service workers, bus drivers, and literacy
coaches,…): $41,447.83
(Updated November 14, 2025)
Superintendent Compensation Package 2024-25
Section 12: District Paid Association Dues
Section 13: District Paid Lobbying Costs
Section 14: Approved Deficit Elimination Plan
Section 15: District Credit Card Information
Section 16: District Paid Out-of-State Travel Information
Section 17: Educator Evaluation Systems Posting and Assurances
Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching
Teacher Evaluation: Postings and Assurances
District-Approved Evaluation Tool
Per MCL 380.1249b: Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, a school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy shall post on its public website specific information about the evaluation tool(s) used for its performance evaluation system for teachers and school administrators. Complete language (including requirements) for MCL 380.1249b can be found on The Revised School Code, P.A. 451 of 1976 website.
This evaluation tool has been approved by the district, as the result of a review process implemented with fidelity. The contents of this document are compliant with the law laid forth, specifically pertaining to Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching.
Assurances: Assurances – Charlotte Danielson
Multidimensional Leadership Performance System
Administrator Evaluation: Postings and Assurances
District-Approved Evaluation Tool
Per MCL 380.1249b: Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, a school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy shall post on its public website specific information about the evaluation tool(s) used for its performance evaluation system for teachers and school administrators. Complete language (including requirements) for MCL 380.1249b can be found on The Revised School Code, P.A. 451 of 1976 website.
This evaluation tool has been approved by the district, as the result of a review process implemented with fidelity. The contents of this document are compliant with the law laid forth, specifically pertaining to Multidimensional Leadership Performance System
