Forthcoming organizational changes at the Floyd County Schools central office should “streamline” operations from top to bottom Superintendent Lynn Plunkett told the school board Tuesday night.

The board OK’d Plunkett’s request to eliminate some positions and shift duties to create more efficiency and fiscal responsibility.

Some job titles will be changed, but no one will be out of work because the positions to be eliminated are already vacant following retirements.

Plunkett’s plan is to eliminate two vacant assistant superintendent positions and replace those with two lower level positions, one to oversee curriculum and the other to oversee operations. She also plans the following title changes: deputy superintendent will become associate superintendent, and executive directors will become directors.

“These changes are the first phase in a reorganization that will also include a salary study for all administrative personnel to assure our salary schedule is appropriate for a school system our size,” Plunkett said.

The changes follow recommendations from an organization called Educational Planners, which conducted a study between August 2009 and January 2010 to determine how the system could better operate.

Plunkett said the system’s current executive cabinet includes 11 positions and included 12 before she advanced from assistant superintendent to her current position (her previous job was never filled). Under the new structure, only four positions would comprise the cabinet. She said the reorganization will allow the system to operate more efficiently and save money.

In other business, the Floyd BOE:

Recognized their Distinguished Service Award winners for March. They are: Sarah Young, Model High assistant principal; Tina Storey, Pepperell Primary paraprofessional; Heather Whitfield, Coosa High counselor; Dorothy Tanner, Pepperell Middle maintenance specialist; Rachel Harrison, Midway Primary teacher; Joe Carter, College & Career Academy teacher; and Gary Rush, Midway Primary bus driver.

Heard from the superintendent that the system through January is 1.86 percent under budget. Plunkett said if the system stays on its current course that Floyd County Schools should break even at the end of the year.

Revised a furlough resolution to count the Feb. 12 snow day as one of the three state-required furlough dates. The system has already counted one such date in January when school was canceled because of snow.

Approved a resolution to make this month Youth Art Month in Floyd County, as well as Music in Our Schools Month. Plunkett pointed out that every school in the system has an art and music program.