GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Office of the State School Superintendent of Education (OSSE) Responses to Fiscal Year 2020 Performance Oversight Questions Shana Young Interim State Superintendent of Education Submission to: The Honorable Phil Mendelson, Chairman Committee of the Whole Council of the District of Columbia Committee of the Whole John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20004 FY 2020 Performance Oversight Questions Office of the State Superintendent of Education February 26, 2021 Chairman Phil Mendelson Council of the District of Columbia 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 504 Washington, DC 20004 Dear Chairman Mendelson, Please find enclosed the Office of the State Superintendent of Education’s (OSSE’s) Fiscal Year 2020 Performance Oversight responses. Per your request, OSSE submits two (2) bound, printed copies of the responses. Additionally, all responses and permitted attachments will be submitted electronically to the Committee of the Whole. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Justin Tooley, Deputy Chief of Staff at [email protected] or (202)-215-3617. Sincerely, Shana Young Interim State Superintendent of Education 2 FY 2020 Performance Oversight Questions Office of the State Superintendent of Education Table of Contents Agency Operations.......................................................................................................................... 4 Data and Research......................................................................................................................... 86 Childcare and Early Learning ..................................................................................................... 116 Teaching and Learning ............................................................................................................... 173 Special Education Student Transportation .................................................................................. 215 Post-Secondary and Career Readiness ........................................................................................ 228 My School DC ............................................................................................................................ 247 Health and Wellness ................................................................................................................... 252 ESEA Titles I, II, & III Grant Funding ....................................................................................... 267 Non-Public Tuition ..................................................................................................................... 268 Healthy Youth and Schools Commission ................................................................................... 270 Higher Education Licensure Commission .................................................................................. 274 Public Charter School Credit Enhancement Fund Commission ................................................. 280 3 FY 2020 Performance Oversight Questions Office of the State Superintendent of Education Agency Operations 1. Please provide, as an attachment to your answers, a current organizational chart for your agency with the number of vacant and filled FTEs marked in each box. Include the names of all senior personnel. Also include the effective date on the chart. ATTACHMENT: Q1 – OSSE POH Org Chart.pdf 4 FY 2020 Performance Oversight Questions Office of the State Superintendent of Education 2. Please provide, as an attachment, a Schedule A for your agency which identifies all employees by title/position, current salary, fringe benefits, and program office as of January 31, 2021. The Schedule A also should indicate all vacant positions in the agency. Please do not include Social Security numbers. ATTACHMENT: Q2 – Schedule A.pdf 5 FY 2020 Performance Oversight Questions Office of the State Superintendent of Education 3. Please list as of January 31, 2021 all employees detailed to or from your agency, if any, anytime this fiscal year (up to the date of your answer). For each employee identified, please provide the name of the agency the employee is detailed to or from, the reason for the detail, the date the detail began, and the employee’s actual or projected date of return. Due to the volume of data requested, the answer is provided as an attachment. ATTACHMENT: Q3 – Detailed Staff.pdf 6 FY 2020 Performance Oversight Questions Office of the State Superintendent of Education 4. (a) For fiscal year 2020, please list each employee whose salary was $125,000 or more. For each employee listed provide the name, position title, salary, and amount of any overtime and any bonus pay. (b) For fiscal year 2021, please list each employee whose salary is or was $125,000 or more. For each employee listed provide the name, position title, salary, and amount of any overtime and any bonus pay as of the date of your response. (a) The table below lists FY20 employees whose salary was $125,000 or more. First Name Last Name Title Salary State Superintendent of Hanseul Kang $203,199.36 Education Sara Meyers Chief Operations Officer $185,960.32 Paris Saunders Agency Fiscal Officer $182,363.00 Director of Student Gretchen Brumley $182,097.82 Transportation William Jay Huie Chief Information Officer $180,000.00 Ram Murthy Chief Information Officer $180,000.00 Carmela N. Edmunds Supervisory Attorney Advisor $179,507.14 Shana C. Young Chief of Staff $177,775.75 Assistant Superintendent of Early Elizabeth Groginsky $175,100.00 Childhood Education Assistant Superintendent of Early Sara Mead $175,000.00 Childhood Education Assistant Superintendent of Heidi Schumacher $173,040.00 Health & Wellness Assistant Superintendent of Data Rebecca Lamury $170,000.00 Accountability & Research Assistant Superintendent for Nikki Stewart $169,950.00 Systems & Support Deputy Director of Student Kenneth H. King $167,378.44 Transportation Assistant Superintendent for Shavonne Gibson $165,994.80 Teaching & Learning Assistant Superintendent of Antoinette S. Mitchell $165,589.27 Postsecondary Education Sarah Jane Forman Supervisory Attorney Advisor $162,101.28 Deputy Director of Student Carole R Lee $161,546.75 Transportation Stephanie Davis Deputy Assistant Superintendent $161,500.00 Jason Kim Chief Operations Officer $159,650.00 Supervisory Information Don R Davis $159,404.00 Technology Specialist 7 FY 2020 Performance Oversight Questions Office of the State Superintendent of Education First Name Last Name Title Salary Sharon Gaskins Deputy Assistant Superintendent $158,426.62 Supervisory Information Saurabh Gupta $158,000.00 Technology Darrell Ashton Strategic Plan & Perform Officer $155,247.78 Director Operational Rebecca C Shaw $155,137.53 Management $153,101.00 Nagesh Tammara Attorney Advisor + Bonus of $2,296.52 Wesley Forte Program Manager $150,978.28 Quiyana Hall Human Resources Officer $150,802.89 Project Director (Ed Data Evan T Kramer $150,380.00 Warehouse Deputy Assistant Superintendent Margareth D. Legaspi $150,273.22 Early Learning Strategic Plan & Performance Donna Johnson $150,235.80 Officer Director Accountability & Danielle Branson $149,992.00 Assessment Tia Brumsted Deputy Assistant Superintendent $146,260.00 $145,941.00 Hillary E Hoffman-Peak Attorney Advisor + Bonus $2,129.93 Ernesto Del Valle Supervisory IT Specialist $145,537.00 Wei Zhang Supervisor IT Specialist $145,537.00 Angie Kirk Deputy Chief Of Staff $145,000.00 Director, Data Governance & Gwen Rubinstein $145,000.00 Privacy Director, Compliance and Eva L Proctor-Laguerre $144,842.95 Licensure Aida Fikre IT Project Manager $144,200.00 Director, Policy, Planning & David Esquith $144,200.00 Research Shenee R. Akinmolayan Data Analysis Manager $143,503.00 La'Shawndra C Scroggins Director, Teaching & Learning $142,209.55 Boardman- Kilin Deputy Assistant Superintendent $141,895.15 Schroyer Catherine Peretti Program Manager $141,750.00 Lindsey M. Palmer Director, Nutrition Services $141,607.59 Director of Federal Grants Fed Nancy Mahon $140,550.00 Grants Compliance Carlynn M Fuller Director Student Hearings $140,000.00 Amy M. Lerman Program Manager $139,943.00 Jacqueline Passley-Ojikutu Strategic Plan & Perform Officer $136,887.93 8 FY 2020 Performance Oversight Questions Office of the State Superintendent of Education First Name Last Name Title Salary Deputy Assistant Superintendent Jessie Harteis $135,532.04 for Systems & Supports, K12 Ryan Aurori Strategic Plan & Perform Officer $135,264.75 Deputy Assistant Superintendent Victoria P Pemberton $135,000.00 for Systems & Supports, K12 $134,103.00 Kevin Maurice Stokes Attorney Advisor + Bonus of $2,682.06 Patrice Bowman Chief of Bus Operations $133,972.67 Lida Alikhani Director of Communications $133,900.00 Yuliana Del Project Director Special Bruister $133,637.25 Arroyo Education Allan Phillips Special Assistant IDEA Part C $133,537.00 Ahmad Osama Alattar IT Specialist $133,537.00 Vijaya Mahamuni IT Specialist $133,537.00 Miriam Rudder Holman IT Specialist $133,537.00 Rachel Stafford Special Assistant IDEA Part C $133,537.00 Elizabeth Ross Program Manager $133,000.00 Andres Alvarado Early Intervention Manager $131,675.90 Supervisory Monitoring Edgar A Stewart $131,536.81 Specialist (Non-Public) Director, Policy, Planning & Bonnie Mackintosh $131,325.00 Research William D Henderson Strategic Plan & Perform Officer $130,217.00 $130,157.00 Tiffany Oates Attorney Advisor + Bonus of $2,435.74 Sarah Martin Deputy Chief of Staff $129,854.16 Justin D. Tooley Deputy