Providing services of any kind to the Houston Independent School District means thinking big—there's simply no other way to approach the task. Educating more than 220,000 students in a 301-square-mile network of elementary, middle and high schools, HISD is the seventh-largest public school system in the nation and the largest in Texas. With an annual budget in excess of $1.6 billion and a work force of more than 28,000 full- and part-time employees, HISD is a producer and a consumer of services on a truly Texas-sized scale.
Steve Blakely
Patrick Henry is the director of Liberty or Death Communications. He is also a former Senior Editor at NAPCO Media and long time industry veteran.
By implementing a chargeback system, in-plants can save money, justify new equipment and prove their worth. By Mike Llewellyn IF YOU THINK balancing your checkbook is a chore, try managing the budget at the 52-employee Houston Independent School District in-plant. Steve Blakely, director of administrative services, says watching over the cash is a lot less difficult than it could be, though. That's because the in-plant charges back for every service it offers. Blakely says it's tough to imagine doing business without a fee-for-service system in place. It might come as a bit of a surprise, then, to learn that Administrative Services is relatively
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