Podcasts about school budgets

This episode is in partnership with T150 Energy. To submit an enquiry on your energy savings and receiving a donation visit: https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/the-payback-scheme/   With rising costs impacting education settings, the Payback Scheme offers a practical solution to ease financial pressures. By negotiating competitive contracts for gas, electricity, and water, the Payback Scheme helps providers save money while donating a portion of earnings back to them. This initiative, born from personal experience, aims to improve financial sustainability, enabling early years providers to invest in resources, staff training, and better facilities for children.   Read Matt's article here: https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/the-payback-scheme-supporting-early-years-and-schools-through-energy-savings/   Episode break down: 00:00 – Welcome! 01:30 – What is the payback scheme? 04:00 – How the payback scheme came about 05:45 – £1 million goal: Donating to education and the NHS 09:30 – Forecasting the energy market and business analysis 13:30 – Navigating the current energy market 17:00 – A saving of £25,000 on energy 18:00 – Supporting business owners 21:00 – Understanding the challenges businesses face 24:20 – Green energy tariffs 31:00 – 100% renewable gas contracts 23:50 – Waste management 32:50 – Water costs 33:30 – £500 yearly savings for schools 37:00 – Enquire about your energy savings For more episodes and articles visit The Voice of Early Childhood website: https://www.thevoiceofearlychildhood.com

Legislation that aimed to dissolve Indianapolis Public Schools won't move forward in the Indiana legislature. Indiana schools may not get the massive funding cuts once proposed in a plan to lower property taxes. Students who haven't yet filed for federal financial aid to help pay for college can still get help. Bird flu has infected over ten farms in Indiana since the start of the year, amounting to over six million birds – Gov. Mike Braun says the state is monitoring the situation. Want to go deeper on the stories you hear on WFYI News Now? Visit wfyi.org/news and follow us on social media to get comprehensive analysis and local news daily. Subscribe to WFYI News Now wherever you get your podcasts. Today's episode of WFYI News Now was produced by Drew Daudelin, Zach Bundy and Abriana Herron, with support from News Director Sarah Neal-Estes.

In this episode of Rainy Day Recess, we explore the Seattle Public Schools budget crisis with guest Alex Wakeman Rouse, co-chair of All Together for Seattle Schools. We dive into All Together for Seattle Schools' advocacy work, especially advocating for the Washington State legislature to fulfill its Paramount Duty to fully fund Washington Schools.  We also discuss some of the complexities of the district's budget. Alex explores potential budget solutions, emphasizing non-student-facing cuts, increased transparency, and potential enrollment growth. See our Show NotesSupport the showContact us at hello@rainydayrecess.org.Rainy Day Recess music by Lester Mayo, logo by Cheryl Jenrow.

Wisconsin school districts are spending $3,200 less per student per year, adjusted for inflation, than in 2010 due to outdated funding systems and legislative failures.  Because of this, voters in […] The post How did we get here: School Budgets and Referendums appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Matt Palaoro sits down with Brenna Copeland, Chief Financial Officer for Jeffco Public Schools to break down school finance into something everyone can understand. Brenna's expertise and sense of humor make navigating the maze of school funding and budgets not only manageable but surprisingly fun. From property taxes and mill levies to how schools decide between hiring more teachers or adding electives, this episode covers it all—without the jargon overload. Whether you're a parent, educator, or just curious about where your tax dollars go, Brenna helps make it clear how school budgets impact every classroom. Plus, you'll learn how you can have a voice in these financial decisions. If you've ever wondered how schools get funded and how that impacts your community, don't miss this episode. We promise it's not just numbers—it's about shaping the future of education in a way that makes sense for everyone.

Back to school/post PCS season can be stressful as we adjust to the new normal. Listen today for actionable steps to prepare your family's budget and schedule for your new normal. This episode is sponsored by Super.com. Join today for an exclusive trial to see why so many others are playing games and completing tasks to build credit, earn discounts, and win cash! Read more about Back to School from AJ Smit on the Milhousing Network blog. Helping military families connect with military real estate experts throughout the US. Learn more about MilHousing Network at https://milhousingnetwork.com/.

Danny Corwin from Harbor Freight Tools for Schools and Jay Abitz from Freedom High School discuss why shops, dealerships, manufacturers, and other businesses need to support skilled trades programs. They also dive into the struggles schools are facing, from budget cuts to a lack of administrative support.View the video podcast on YouTubeAbout Our Guests:Danny CorwinExecutive Director, Harbor Freight Tools for Schoolsdcorwin@hftforschools.orgJay AbitzAutomotive Instructor, Freedom High Schooljabitz@freedomschools.k12.wi.usSponsor:Thermo KingAbout Our Host:Jay GoninenCo-Founder & President, WrenchWayjayg@wrenchway.com | 608.716.2122WrenchWay Resources:Technician Compensation Tool - See automotive, diesel, and collision technician compensation in your area at wrenchway.com/pay.Technicians & Students - Looking for the best shops to work at? Check out wrenchway.com/shops.Shops & Dealerships - Want to find quality technicians and support the industry? Learn about WrenchWay Shop Memberships.Instructors - Need help getting resources and connecting with industry? We have free resources for your program. Connect with us on social: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn YouTube TikTok

6/7/24: MTA Pres Max Page w/ N'hmptn Assoc. of School Employees Pres Andrea Egitto & MTA Training Dir Ricardo Rosa: Northampton & other school budgets. Donnabelle Casis w/ Tori Lawrence, Founder, Atland Artist Residency in Chesterfield. Clare Higgins, Exec. Dir, Community Action & Comm'r, Mass. Poverty Commission. "Jesus Queen of Heaven" w/ playwright & actor Jo Clifford, Nurse Practitioner Rebecca Stewart, & First Churches Pastor Sarah Buteux.

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Chair of the Orange Count Commissioners Jamezetta Bedford spoke with 97.9 The Hill's Andrew Stuckey on Wednesday, April 24. She discussed an upcoming joint meeting among the County Commissioners and the Boards of Education for both Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools. They will be discussing upcoming budget needs for the school districts and a possible bond referendum to help fund those needs. She also previewed an upcoming community meeting on the use of Opioid Settlement funds, discussed early voting in Orange County, and more. The post Orange County: School Budgets, Opioid Settlement Meeting, Early Voting appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

Roughly one in three school budgets failed in Vermont on Town Meeting Day this year. School districts across the state are now entering second and third voting rounds to get budgets approved by voters.

Roughly one in three school budgets failed in Vermont on Town Meeting Day this year. School districts across the state are now entering second and third voting rounds to get budgets approved by voters.

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses school budgets; drinking water contamination; housing in downtown Riverhead; and the Riverside Sewer District.Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News GroupBill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News GroupDenise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher, Riverhead LocalBeth Young, Editor/Publisher at East End BeaconChrissy Sampson, Deputy Managing Editor, East Hampton Star

This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses school budgets; drinking water contamination; housing in downtown Riverhead; and the Riverside Sewer District.Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News GroupBill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News GroupDenise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher, Riverhead LocalBeth Young, Editor/Publisher at East End BeaconChrissy Sampson, Deputy Managing Editor, East Hampton Star

Welcome to another enlightening episode with your hosts, Brent Poland and Adam Spence. In today's deep dive, we unravel the intricate web of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) crisis in British schools. Beginning with a concise overview of PFIs in education, Brent and Adam navigate the repercussions on school budgets, providing real-life examples and anecdotes from educators on the front lines. Breaking down the complexities of PFI financial structures, they analyze the long-term implications and challenges schools face in meeting these obligations. The hosts explore government responses, potential policy changes, and alternative funding models.

(Dec 12, 2023) Until recently, Old Forge was a total child care desert, but that all changed when a child care center opened in a really convenient location - the local school; inflation takes a toll on school districts' capital improvement projects; we listen back to one listener's "Breadtime" story

During the pandemic, school districts across North Carolina received tens of millions of dollars as part of special COVID funding to pay for things like cleaning schools, PPE, teacher retention bonuses, and technology needed for remote learning. That funding has now ended, and while some school districts still have part of the money left over, they are trying to figure out how to plug some of their budget holes going forward. WRAL Investigates senior producer Randall Kerr shares what his team learned when they looked into the situation.

We talk with Billy Coxhead about school budgets.  We learn where the money comes from as well as the surprising places it goes.

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#lakeforestpodcast #lakeforestillinois #lakeforestschools Jeff Brincat and Frank McCormick from Lake Forest Illinois and Lake Bluff Illinois Parents Care come on the Lake Forest Illinois Podcast Schools Edition to break the news of the Data Breach that occurred in District 67 Lake Forest Lake Bluff Illinois Led by Superintendent Matt Montgomery, Communications Leader Melissa Oakley and School Board President Anne Geraghty Helms. 0:001:48 Show Start 4:17 School Vouchers? For/Against? 8:27 Montgomery Selling Referendum 12:18 School Budgets have Increased over 24% in last 4 years 16:30 Negative Consequences 17:10 what happened with the Emails and the 504 Plan? 21:20 melissa Oakley Responsible for this data breach? 21:48 Private emails are being used by School District for business communication? 22:05 Montgomery has not acknowledged the pain they have put families through 22:16 Swept Under Rug? 23:10 In The Corporate World Someone Would have been fired 24:00 Melissa Oakley to blame for this Date Brach in School District 67? 23:53 Matt Zindron email asking for us to delete the data breach 24:21 Policy changed email by Matt Zindron 25:16 Superintendent Matt Montgomery to blame? 26:49 School Board 67 To Blame? 27:33 This isn't the first time a data breach has happened with this leadership 30:44 Melissa Oakley is better at propaganda than transparency ? 32:23 Somebody needs to be fired for this 34:40 Parents Care is up to 20,000 followers on Facebook 35:20 Should someone be fired for this yes or no?? 36:06 Private emails being used for district communications? 36:58 Same thing that happened with Hillary email?? 3730 Who is to Blame? Melissa Oakley, Matt Montgomery and the School Board President --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakeforestpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakeforestpodcast/support

Guns and guns and guns and guns...and taxes...Sam and I sit down and chat about the accidental shooting at a Knox County High School, tax loopholes, hemp law, and oh yea, GUNS! Website, Facebook, Twitter

Officials say school budgets have increased in part due to a rising need for youth mental health services. Plus, Senator Welch's support for a proposal to expand Medicare, a new fire chief in Burlington, and a mysterious respiratory disease affecting dogs.

Chances are you weren't introduced to money basics while studying in school. So here are some important facts about money that you might not find in the textbooks. 5 Facts About Money You Won't Learn in School Budgets can make your life easier. Saving and investing are not the same. It pays to be the early bird. All debts aren't created equal. A 9 to 5 job isn't the only way to make money. Financial education is an ongoing process --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-kaagee-mante/message

Hosts Mikaela Lefrak and Connor Cyrus talk with town clerks and meeting moderators about the big questions Vermont voters will decide during their local town meetings this year.

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It's the Friday news roundup! We're talking about what the increase to the 2023 Pittsburgh Public Schools budget means when the district's already at a deficit, the fire in the Roosevelt building downtown, and the new historical markers coming to the city. As always, our Friday shows are powered by great local journalism. Public School Budgets:  https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/pittsburgh-public-schools-2023-budget-stabilizes-district-for-another-year-future-funding-still-uncertain/Content?oid=22968580  https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/pittsburgh-public-schools-2023-budget-stabilizes-district-for-another-year-future-funding-still-uncertain/Content?oid=22968580 https://www.wesa.fm/show/the-confluence/2022-11-21/pittsburgh-public-schools-proposed-2023-budget-spends-more-with-one-time-federal-funding Roosevelt Building Fire: https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2022/12/12/downtown-pittsburgh-roosevelt-building-fire/stories/202212120048  https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/elderly-woman-dies-high-rise-fire-roosevelt-building-while-trying-escape/3XLBUPIXQNELVM7R22MJHXHZEQ/  https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/crews-responding-5-alarm-fire-downtown-pittsburgh-apartment-building/UTRG2ZDVMJDYZFNZ36QISWGLNQ/ https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/nearly-30-apartments-uninhabitable-after-high-rise-fire-roosevelt-building/YNPCTSZEM5G23GRQAIV7SRTR4Q/ Pittsburgh Pirates 1971 Lineup:  https://triblive.com/sports/on-sept-1-1971-the-pirates-made-history-with-baseballs-first-all-black-starting-lineup/ PA Historical Markers:  https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/phmc-details.aspx?newsid=422 https://paheritage.wpengine.com/article/century-marking-history-100-years-pennsylvania-historical-marker-program/ Teenie Harris: https://cmoa.org/art/teenie-harris-archive/ Our newsletter is fresh daily at 6 a.m. Sign up here. We're also on Twitter @citycastpgh & Instagram @CityCastPgh! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With soaring costs and real-terms school funding cuts, balancing the books has become a huge challenge. This episode offers practical advice for effective school financial planning and management. We consider the funding situation on the ground and contemplate some worst-case scenarios for the year ahead. We discuss how we can approach the challenges we face, touching upon generating efficiencies, managing cashflow, benchmarking, financial planning metrics, costing development plans, and more. We consider how business managers can work effectively with the headteacher and governors/trustees – including offering robust challenge – and the process of setting budgets for both MATs and standalone schools.

Images of President Joe Biden reaching to shake hands when nobody is there and constant videos showing him mumbling are weighing on the public, raising concerns about his mental health, especially among Democrats that have to decide on voting to reelect him in 2024. In 2022, Americans are dealing with the worst inflation in over 40 years, with the year-over-year inflation rate at 9.1% in June. This explosive inflation is driven by a variety of factors, including the continued presence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and labor shortages. The Federal Reserve is hoping to rein in inflation with aggressive interest rate hikes this year, but exactly how much of an effect that will have remains to be seen. With back-to-school right around the corner, families are looking for deals — especially as rising prices impact school spending this year. An invasion of privacy trial against the Los Angeles County sheriff's and fire departments begins Wednesday in a U.S. District Court just over a mile from where Kobe Bryant played for the Lakers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's “Election Eve” in New York. Tomorrow, voters head to the polls to decide their local school spending plan and the make-up of their school board. We get a preview from Dr. Ralph Kerr at the “Teaching and Learning Institute” in Houghton, New York.

On today's Newbuzz, a not-so-private meeting with the governor, prices impacting rural schools and the number of Iowa hog producers decreases as the number of hogs vastly increases.

Most school budgets passed at Town Meeting. Plus, the importance of senior centers, state sanctions against Russia, and a potential opioid settlement.

COVID-19 and other crises have put extreme operational pressures on public school systems. And these pressures, as Dr. Rosanna Mucetti, Superintendent of Napa Valley USD says, can break or make organizations. In this episode, Rosanna and Rob Mangewala, NVUSD's Assistant Superintendent and Chief Business Official, describe how their district actually leveraged challenges during the crisis to accelerate their focus on resource equity and school improvement. “All of a sudden, work that was probably going to take us three to five years to implement as articulated in our strategic plan was in overdrive and things got adopted in months because of the pressures of the pandemic,” Rosanna says. In addition, Rosanna and Rob share practical guidance and insights from their leadership experiences, including how their district:Opened campuses early in the pandemic and maintained strong collaboration among the board, management team and labor partners.Approached resource allocation equity through standardization and sustainability to guarantee a “base floor” of access for all students.Revamped the district's system of technology and adopted a new assessment in the midst of the pandemic.Responded to severe fiscal challenges like declining enrollment.About our guestsRob and Rosanna's professional partnership began more than two decades ago, when they were both clearing their teaching credentials. Rosanna Mucetti, Ed. D., has served as a bilingual teacher, English Learner program specialist, assistant principal, principal, manager of Curriculum and English Learner Services, Assistant Superintendent, and Deputy Superintendent. Before her appointment as Superintendent at NVUSD in 2018, she served as the Deputy Superintendent of Educational Services in San Leandro USD for five years, where she led instructional transformations, including integrating socio-emotional learning into the curriculum. She also revamped the district's technology platforms. Her educational background includes a bachelor's degree in Psychology from UC Berkeley and a master's degree and a doctorate in Educational Leadership from CSU East Bay. She also completed the School Business Management program at USC and has a CASBO chief business official certificate.Rabinder “Rob” Mangewala joined NVUSD as the Assistant Superintendent, Business Services in 2019. He serves as the Chief Business Official for the organization, ensuring the district successfully addresses its financial challenges. He also oversees technology, data management and enrollment. Rob previously served with Rosanna in San Leandro USD, where he oversaw district-wide data management, enrollment, information technology and instructional materials. He began his career in education as an elementary school teacher in Hayward where he taught for 13 years while obtaining his administrative credential and masters degree at CSU East Bay. He also holds a certificate in School Business Management from the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. Budgeting for Educational Equity is presented by the California Association of School Business Official (CASBO) and WestEd. Our series is written and produced by Paul Richman and Jason Willis, Director of Strategic Resource Planning and Implementation for WestEd, and our host. Music and editing is by Tommy Dunbar. John Diaz at WestEd develops our written briefs. Follow us at @Budget4EdEquity.

On this episode of RAMcast/Ram Chat, School Board President Colleen Zasowski provides an update from the most recent school board meetings. We also talk to Jim Fink, CFO, about school budgets. Mr. Fink breaks information down,  answers some basic questions, and makes school budgeting fun!

SISD school board is bribing teachers and staff for there vote, you want Covid relief checks? Make sure to vote for all the incumbents! This is very unethical. CREEED is no longer hiding their position, pro charter is their way! Privatization of public schools is their goal for El Paso. Teachers they are coming for your jobs, where they can fire you at will. SISD school board president talks about how Charter schools dont have follow the same rules. Amy O'rourke works for CREEED but has nothing to do with CREEED. City of Socorro has new video and gets canceled by El Paso County. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alejandro-garcia28/message

Resources on state education aid:AQE 2021 Budget Testimony and Side by Side Analysis of Executive BudgetAQE Report: The State's Responsibility to Protect Our StudentsInvest in Our NY revenue proposalsResources on student data privacy and security:Parent survey from the Parent Coalition for Student PrivacyFBI/CISA recent warning about rise in ransomware attacks on K12 schools and ZDnet article about this.FBI warning in 2018 to parents warning how student data could be used to extort and threaten students.2019 Letter from US Senators asking ed tech companies to explain how they collect and use student dataNY Times op-ed by Shoshana Zuboff on tech surveillance and epistemic inequality5 principles that policies and laws should incorporate to protect student privacy from the Parent Coalition for Student PrivacyBibliography on problems with online proctoringParent Toolkit to Protect Student Privacy

COVID-19 has created changes to the school budget landscape across our state. From creating access to broadband to in-person learning costs, there are new and different short and long-term impacts on the budget. Guests: Cathy Moore, Superintendent, Wake County Public Schools Tony Jackson, Superintendent, Vance County Public Schools

As the Covid uncertainty stretches on, schools budgets are being rejigged and tough decisions made due to the loss of income from international students. Overseas students are worth 750 million dollars a year for New Zealand schools, five billion dollars when tertiary education is included. The Auckland Secondary Schools' Principals' Association President Steve Hargreaves (also the principal of Auckland's Macleans College) says repercussions extend beyond this year's losses and next year's enrolments, and Nelson College Headmaster Richard Dykes is hoping the Education Minister will cut schools some slack.

The new state budget agreement will include up to $11.1 billion in K-12 payment "deferrals." But what exactly are deferrals? How do they help the state balance its budget? And what are the implications for local school districts?In this special “explainer” episode, guest Matt Phillips, director of management consulting services at School Services of California, is back to describe everything you need to know about this highly significant but seldom understood fiscal mechanism. Matt provides clear examples that will help finance-minded and non-finance-minded folks alike gain a solid grasp of the ins and outs of payment deferrals, including how they differ from budget cuts. Deferrals, Matt says, are the "lesser of two evils," but they pose their own significant complications for school districts.Given the pending adoption of a new California State Budget, this is an episode you won’t want to postpone listening to.In this episode, you'll learn:What is a payment deferral?How do deferrals help the state to balance its budget? Are deferrals similar to budget cuts?What are the implications of deferrals for school districts?Why do school districts need to pay such close attention to their "cash positions"?What options do school districts have to mitigate the impact of deferrals?Latest state budget information:CASBO Newsbreak: "Governor Newsom and Legislature Reach Budget Agreement""In California budget deal, no cuts for K-12 but billions in pate payments to schools" by John Fensterwald in EdSource, June 23, 2020About Our GuestMatt Phillips, CPA, serves as Director of Management Consulting Services at School Services. In this role, he provides support to school districts for fiscal-related matters including budget reviews, salary schedule analyses, organizational reviews, and negotiations. He also presents workshops across the state on a variety of topics including the Local Control and Accountability Plan, collective bargaining, district budgeting, and auditing. His background as a Certified Public Accountant, experience working in a school district, and completion of the Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team Chief Business Official (CBO) Mentor Program that resulted in the CASBO CBO certificate provide the foundation for these areas. Matt graduated from California State University, Chico, with a degree in business administration with emphasis in accounting.About CASBOThe California Association of School Business Officials (CASBO) is the premier resource for professional development and business best practices for California's school business leaders. Follow at @CASBO and @CASBOGRAbout your series guide Paul Richman is a public education advocate and consultant. Contact him at edfundingca@gmail.com. We value your feedback! Follow him at @pjr100

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The COVID pandemic has already closed Kansas schools until at least the end of May. Now the economic fallout is reducing state revenues and a budget deficit is projected next year. KASB associate executive director Mark Tallman explains how state funding cuts could affect Kansas students, school and employees unless federal aid helps replace state revenues.

Why is California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) so significant? In this episode, we continue our journey through major milestones in school funding history with our first stop to LCFF-land. Special Guest Saa’un Bell, Strategy Director at Californians for Justice, helps us explore why the state’s shift to an equity-based system beginning in 2013 was so historic.The LCFF was a sweeping law, carrying with it a whole lot of hope and promise, especially for students and families who hadn’t always been heard or served well by the school system. It was a bold law that ironically has come to be known by its rather mundane four initials. There are many ways to tell the LCFF story: a research and policy side, a political side. There is the budgetary formula itself. But first and foremost, LCFF is the story of major change. Saa’un offers the perspective of both a statewide and local community leader who participated with a wide range of grassroots and community partners to help advocate for this change to a more equitable funding system on behalf of students and families.Saa’un helps us tell the “why” story – as in, why LCFF? She describes the work her organization and other grassroots groups did leading up to the LCFF – and the transformational change the new law, championed by former Gov. Jerry Brown, brought forward. LCFF targets additional funds to districts to support students from low-income families, English learners, and foster and homeless youth. Saa'un also shares examples of where student engagement in decision-making as a result of the LCFF has led to positive outcomes, and she discusses what still needs to happen to realize the full potential of LCFF. We also delve into some honest conversation about the connections between funding and race in California. Along the way we provide a brief explainer about LCFF's technical details and we explore one monumental thing that the LCFF did not do…cliffhanger…you’ll have to listen to find out.ResourcesLCFF Lesson from Ed100.orgCASBO school finance guide and LCFF Budget Toolkit California Department of Education: LCFF pageCalifornians for Justice: LCFF page EdSource: Local Control Funding Formula Essentials Guide. CDE Foundation Resource Clearinghouse LCFF resources from California State PTAAbout Saa'un Bell As a former English Language Learner student from Long Beach USD and first-generation college graduate, Saa'un is committed to building a public education infrastructure where all students have the opportunities to fulfill their highest aspirations. Saa’un joined Californians for Justice in 2009, helping to organize community college students and youth of color in Oakland schools. In her current role as Strategy Director, she oversees all communications and narrative strategy for CFJ’s regional and statewide campaigns.About CASBOThe California Association of School Business Officials (CASBO) is the premier resource for professional development and business best practices for California's school business leaders. Learn more at CASBO.org.

We spend a lot of time talking about how much MORE money schools should get, but what about who gets to spend the money? Aaron Garth Smith of Reason argues that it would be better for everyone if the PRINCIPAL was in charges of where the monies go and not the school boards…

Chances are good your local school district has gone directly to voters asking for more money to stay afloat. Tight state funding and restrictions on local taxing power have pushed more than 70% of Wisconsin school districts to seek operating referendums. These referendums aren’t about borrowing money for new buildings. They’re requests for more property taxes to sustain basic costs. In recent elections, most referendums were approved . But what happens to the unlucky districts where voters say no? Delafield resident Sherrie Flemming sent our Beats Me series a question about the impact of failed operating referendums. Her five children go to school in Waukesha County’s Kettle Moraine School District, where voters rejected an operating referendum in the April 2 election. Beats Me: What Questions Do You Have For WUWM's Beat Reporters? “I was shocked that the referendum failed,” Flemming says. “I sit there thinking, I’ve got kids from kindergarten all the way through. What’s going to be

Keya was a public school teacher who stood out of the crowd. She loves problem solving and challenging environments. Keya was also a filmmaker and web designer. She's currently a detection security engineer who get knee deep in malware on a daily basis.Notes:Knew she didn't want to be a teacher her whole lifeWas the only one in the rational thinking group at her school.Enjoys rational thinking and the problem solving process.Prototyped a mock medical device with a Raspberry Pi and won a national competition!Quotes:"Easy to get in to what you're comfortable with... and I didn't want to have a job like that.""It was something that I enjoyed but I definitely feel more at home with the cohort that I work with currently and with what I do.""... for me it was an amazing process because I hadn't ever SSH’d into a device and I had to figure out how to get like ports scan.""I read so much documentation on all the little things that we connected to it. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos I looked at a lot of GitHub accounts trying to figure out like I've got to make this move." [14:24]"It was incredibly challenging. A lot of times I was trying to figure out... where sometimes the information that you get from the client is essentially just a hint of what's going on in the network." [17:07]" You just have to be creative and keep going at it until you can do what needs to be done." [18:08]"Yeah. It's amazing, and especially coming from public school teaching where I had seen almost physical fights altercations happen over like reams of paper because there's just not that much allocated towards schools to where snacks are brought in. Like it's a very different environment…" [21:22]"You did great on the test, but I want to watch you take the test." [23:06]Links:Keya OnlineEdx: https://www.edx.org/NSF Project: https://nsf2015.fosslounge.org/Intro Music: Cascadia by Trash80 - https://trash80.com/#/content/133/weeklybeats-2012-week5 (Released under Creative Commons)Outro: Cosmetic Cosmos by Verified Picasso https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqDmyXPJdrZjwUdWLyhyQRAGetting Into Infosec:Website, Show Notes, Transcripts: https://gettingintoinfosec.comFollow Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/coffeewithaymanSubscribe To YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg6gV_gdfc188HZdN8LUx4ACheckout My Book: https://amzn.to/2HP2i25

Meg Bohmke of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors and VACo Executive Committee and Superintendent of Stafford County Public Schools Dr. Scott Kizner join VACo’s Jeremy Bennett to discuss the K-12 education budget process and collaboration between school divisions and boards of supervisors. This episode is sponsored by VACORP - the premier group self-insurance pool providing comprehensive coverage and risk management services to Virginia public entities.

Maximising school budgets in a time of austerity --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edufuturistspodcast/message

Fran Ulmer

Whether within or without the industry, most can agree on the importance of education and giving children all of the tools they need to be successful, especially as the world and workforce around us changes so drastically and consistently. Financing those tools is a completely different matter altogether. The number of special needs and learning disabled students is steadily increasing, and one in five children entering the schooling system don't speak English as their first language. These pains require funds to solve properly, and it doesn't help that many Americans are unaware of where their tax dollars are spent. Our guest today explains that though many constituents are under the impression that when taxes increase so do the funds to the schools, that's just not the case. On today's EdTech Podcast, we sat down with Katie Bowman, CPA, the Associate Superintendent for Finance and Auxiliary Services for Birdville ISD in Texas. Bowman covers a variety of departments, including purchases, facilities, construction, child nutrition, and transportation; it is easy to see how it can become difficult, especially when “school finance itself is very complicated," Bowman said. Bowman has a unique perspective, working for 15 years in the public accounting world, as well as within other school districts before coming to Birdville ISD. She noted that there are endless challenges when balancing a district's educational budget, but has found solutions in the thinnest of margins. Energy and building maintenance are crucial to the comfortability of a school, but is an area where many districts grossly overspend. There are crucial financial moves that can be made, and the most recent Bowman went with was hiring consultants from Cenergistic, a company that uses software and IoT tech to "find savings in utility costs, at no cost to you." “All of my staff have seen that we’re in a really good place with the Cenergistic team,” Bowman said, who notes that having Cenergistic employees visit her school system has helped tremendously in adding manpower to her team. She points out that they started out by auditing what lights and energy were being used after hours, and found ways to save energy, like changing the preset temperature by one degree. The company has re-empowered the district with not only additional funds, but also freed up the Birdville staff to do other things, like preventative maintenance.

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The 216th edition of America's Debate Radio with Mike and Jaime. During the first hour, we discussed federal financial reform, and reviewed a list of pending Congressional bills that will likely never pass. During the second and third hours, we spoke with 2 callers and discussed presidential mandates, gay marriage, voting rights for the District of Columbia, the Census, market competition, school budgets, cap and trade legislation, and NBC and the Winter Olympics. We welcome your feedback! Have your email read on the air-- click here to use the email form. Or, call 888.DEBATE.5 now and leave a message-- we'll play it on the next show. Thanks for listening!