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[[File:Sierra_ISD_Sierra_High_School.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Sierra High School]] is one of Verona's largest high schools by enrollment, with 3600 students in 2020.]] | [[File:Sierra_ISD_Sierra_High_School.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Sierra High School]] is one of Verona's largest high schools by enrollment, with 3600 students in 2020.]] | ||
In Verona, each school district is run by a school board. The elected council of the school board helps determine educational policy within the boundaries of the school district, its taxable area, which is "independent" of local government authority. The board also has the ultimate say in the hiring and firing of principals and superintendents, and other district-wide administrative positions. The employment of teachers in individual schools however, is usually left to the principal and administrative staff of the respective schools. | In Verona, each school district is run by a school board, a non-partisan council that makes decisions for the district at large, including building new schools and other facilities. The elected council of the school board also helps determine educational policy based upon the state curriculum within the boundaries of the school district, its taxable area, which is "independent" of local government authority. The board also has the ultimate say in the hiring and firing of principals and superintendents, and other district-wide administrative positions. The employment of teachers in individual schools, however, is usually left to the principal and administrative staff of the respective schools. | ||
Between 2018 and 2019, Verona spent | Between 2018 and 2019, Verona spent €19,901 per pupil ranking it well above the national average, with an outlay of about €318 billion. The pupil/teacher ratio was 11.8, below the national average of 17.3. Verona paid full-time instructors, on average, €76,432, well above the national average of €46,593. The [[Verona Department of Education]] (VDOE) administers the state's public school systems. Verona has over 100 school districts- all districts except the Varina County School District are independent from municipal government, though few cross city boundaries and none currently cross county boundaries. School districts have the power to tax their residents and to assert eminent domain over privately owned property, though most funding comes directly from state and federal sources. The VDOE has no authority over private school activities aside from base curricula regulation as required by Verona's Education Code, while homeschooling is illegal in Verona and much of Cartadania as a whole. | ||
Prior to 2002, Verona assessed student performance in the elementary school and secondary school grades via the Verona Education Standards Assessment (VESA), administered at the end of each year beginning in Grade 4. Beginning in January 2002, Verona completely eliminated the VESA and instead opted for a model where teachers formulate their own grading systems for the students similar to collegiate systems, although with oversight from various superior bodies (e.g., principals, directs of primary and secondary education, district superintendents, and VDOE review board). The Verona Education system as a whole underwent a major overhaul in 2004 that marked the end of an era. VESA assessed students' attainment of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies skills required under Verona education standards and the Student Succession Act. The test replaced the Verona Common Core of Learning (VCCL) test introduced in 1971. | |||
=== Higher education === | === Higher education === | ||