WHAT IS SITE-BASED MANAGEMENT? Site-based management may be the most significant reform of the decade--a potential force for empowering educators and communities. Yet no two people agree on what it is, how to do it, or even why to do it. WHAT IS IT? So what is site-based management? According to Baltimore County Public Schools Handbook, “ School-based management moves the decision-making authority from central office personnel to the staff working in a school. This empowers the school community with the authority, flexibility, and resource ....