Resources

Employees Are Our Most Valuable Resource. Let’s Treat Them Accordingly.
Robert E. Wilkinson, Jr.
Director, Maintenance and Operations
Frederick County Public Schools
Frederick, Maryland

Most skilled tradesmen come to school districts from the private sector and are often unfamiliar with some of the unique aspects of working within a public school system. Robert Wilkinson and the maintenance and operations team created an online, self-directed onboarding program that provides employees with information about critical topics such as the department structure, policies and procedures, work processing, budget and purchasing, diversity, customer service, and important points of contact. With 150 employees working in nine different locations, the program works to instill and support a districtwide culture that gives a sense of common purpose. Employees attain professional fulfillment and job satisfaction by mastering skills, working autonomously, and serving as leaders, regardless of their job classification.

Community-Driven Facilities Master Planning: Preparing Students for Their Futures, Not Our Past
Chris Potts
Chief Operating Officer
Upper Arlington City Schools
Upper Arlington, Ohio

Faced with deteriorating facilities and a community that wasn’t convinced renovations were necessary, Upper Arlington City Schools, with direction from the school board and under Chris Potts’ leadership, launched a master planning process to involve as many community members as possible in forging a path forward. In two and one-half years, the district recorded more than 8,000 points of contact with community members through volunteer teams, community-wide meetings, small-group chats, phone surveys, and online surveys. The result was a community-developed master plan and an overwhelmingly successful $230 million bond request that will rebuild or renovate six buildings and ensure the district can continue to provide the high-quality education the community expects.

Using Excel Power Query to Automate Reports and Crosschecks
John A. Williams
Chief Financial Officer
Uinta County School District 1
Evanston, Wyoming

Small districts like Uinta do not have the luxury of a large IT staff, so staff members spend countless hours manually checking and crosschecking data for reports. Two years ago, Williams’ staff began studying features in Microsoft Excel to improve efficiencies and realized that the largely unused Excel Power Query function could reduce manual processing, saving days in data preparation and comparison. The business office developed a suite of Excel Power Queries that includes such functions as a crosscheck time-checker between the accounting software and the computer time clock, liability queries between accounting software and liability billings, and budget queries between employee contracts and accounting software. The new processes save staff members several days of work each month.

Creative Planning Produces Low Cost Innovation Learning Junior High School
Robert L. Yoder, RSBA
Assistant Superintendent
Southern Hancock Schools
New Palestine, Indiana

For nearly 10 years, Southern Hancock Schools has maintained a closed school building with the intent to reopen it when necessary to accommodate a projected growth in enrollment. As anticipated, enrollment increased and because of the creative planning process, the district is able to move seventh and eighth grade students into the previously closed building while using the current middle school as an intermediate school to house grade 5-6 students. Prior to reopening, the district, under Yoder’s guidance, undertook a $2.5 million renovation, modernizing the building for 21st century learning, including whiteboards for every classroom and an Innovation Center with makerspaces rather than a traditional library. With creative planning and foresight, the district saved taxpayers an estimated $18 million.

Adult and Veteran Educational Outreach
Clark J. Godshall, Ed.D., RSBA
District Superintendent
Orleans-Niagara Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES)
Medina, New York

What began as elementary school students’ desire to help local homeless and disabled veterans blossomed into a collaboration among education providers, community-based organizations, veterans’ agencies, and the public to bring awareness to and help the vast number of veterans in the county in need of food, shelter, skills, and support. The result was the development and implementation of several initiatives to reach out to veterans and their families, including a continuing education adult literacy program.

Bringing Predictability for Healthcare Costs to the Budget Process
Michael G. Frank, CPA, MBA, SDA
Assistant Superintendent for Business
New Hyde Park – Garden City Park UFSD
New Hyde Park, New York

The district ends its fiscal year on June 30, but its main healthcare provider provides premium updates on a calendar-year basis, making budgeting for healthcare costs difficult. To bring predictability to the budget process, the district developed a budget process whereby for the first six months of the calendar year, the district shares the cost of insurance with the employee based on a percentage split; for the last six months, the district pays its percentage contribution based on a “presumed rate.” When the actual rate is established, the employee pays the difference.

Partnership for Creation of an Innovative Learning Space
Paul G. Harrell, CPA
Deputy Superintendent for Finance and Operations
North Kansas City Schools
Kansas City, Missouri

Innovation Campus is a flexible, open, shared environment that houses North Kansas City Schools’ gifted education program. Opened in 2016, it is the district’s first space dedicated specifically to gifted students’ learning. The campus grew from a partnership between the city of Gladstone, the school district, and Northwest Missouri State University. The city financed and built the campus and the district rents the needed space. The new environment is technology-rich, giving students opportunities to pursue their interests in areas such as STEAM, animation, robotics, and 3-D printing.

Financing 21st Century Technology with the Help of Rebates
Brian Tomamichel
Chief Financial Officer
Mount Vernon Community School Corporation
Fortville, Indiana

Purchasing almost 4,000 devices as part of a 1:1 initiative and updating Mt. Vernon Community School Corporation’s infrastructure on a short timeline required a $2.5 million investment. A strategy that entailed taking out a four-year $2.5 million loan from a local bank and offsetting most of the interest through a credit card 1% cash-back rebate program. The district worked with the bank, credit card company, and vendors to set up a process whereby the district could make large purchases with its credit card, thus taking advantage of the rebate program. Between 2015 and 2016, the district received almost $71,000 in cash back from the program—which helps the district to further expand the technology program.

The Art of Capital Improvement Planning
John W. Hutchison, CPA, SFO
Chief Financial and Operations Officer
Olathe Public Schools
Olathe, Kansas

Stakeholders are more likely to support district capital improvement plans if they understand them. The district developed a capital improvement planning process that gathered data related to the capital needs of the district and presented the information in a simple, pleasing format that stakeholders found easy to understand.

Increasing Quality and Reducing Costs through an Onsite Clinic
Charles W. Brazeale, Ed.D., SFO
Assistant Superintendent/Chief Financial Officer
City of St. Charles School District
St. Charles, Missouri

The district’s onsite clinic, which serves only those personnel on the district’s health plan, increases healthcare access for employees and their covered dependents—most can be seen that day. The onsite clinic also decreases costs to the school district because all patients seen in the clinic are in the district’s medical plan and no processing is needed in the clinic or through a third-party administrator. The district contracts for services with a national onsite clinic company that provides staffing and supplies.

Innovative Educational Culinary Training Center via Shared Service with County Government
Frank J. Frazee, CPA
School Business Administrator
Ocean County Vocational Technical School
Toms River, New Jersey

The district was looking for a location to launch an innovative 10-month accelerated culinary program to train students in all phases of food preparation, restaurant management, and service. At the same time, Ocean County needed someone to take over and run the failing restaurant at the county’s 18-hole golf course. The district undertook a project that included renovating the restaurant and providing intensive, comprehensive culinary training seven days a week. The curriculum includes classroom instruction, culinary skills training, and working internships that enable students to gain valuable work experience and focus on specific culinary interests.

Building Community Engagement and Understanding in the Budget Process
Leslie J. Peterson, MBA
Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Management Services
Arlington Public Schools
Arlington, Virginia

In response to protests from the community that they were not involved enough in the budget development process and were not provided adequate information about the budget with which to make informed decisions, the district developed an online budget balancing tool that gives stakeholders the opportunity to experience “first hand” the challenges of building and balancing a budget. That tool was supplemented by a variety of publications that explained the budget and the budget development process in simple terms, as well as community budget forums, including a Spanish forum for the large Hispanic community.

Senior Tax Exempt Program (S.T.E.P.)
Amy T. Kohl, CSRM
Director of Business Services
School District of Greenfield
Greenfield, Wisconsin

Greenfield School District believes that all learning begins with relationships. Through the Senior Tax Exchange Program, senior citizens have an opportunity to share their knowledge with the students while earning a tax credit, and the students learn from and develop relationships with these integral members of the community. In addition, the district saves money by utilizing the seniors rather than hiring additional support staff.

Development of a Long-Range Financial Planning Framework
Kelly A. Benusa, CPA, RSBO, SFO
Director of Business Services
ISD 279 – Osseo Area Schools
Maple Grove, Minnesota

The district developed a long-range financial planning framework that ensures resources are aligned with the district’s strategic priorities. The framework, developed through the collaboration of all the district’s stakeholders, including parents, community members, district and school administrators, teachers, and staff, resulted in a highly transparent budgeting process that aligns resources to the district’s mission and strategic priorities, minimizes the effects of budget reductions in the classroom, and provides clear communication with stakeholders.

Combining Resources to Enhance Services to Neighboring Elementary District
Charlotte Gates
Director of Business Services
Sahuarita Unified School District
Sahuarita, Arizona

The district implemented a business management outsourcing program that benefitted both Sahuarita USD as well as a neighboring district. Through the program, Sahuarita USD provides business management services to a smaller neighboring district, giving the smaller district the expertise it needs without having to hire a school business manager. The overall savings for the neighboring district over three years was $75,000. In addition, Sahuarita USD received enough money for the business services it provided that it was able to hire a business coordinator to help manage services for both districts.

Technology Expo Embedded Within a Statewide RFP for Hardware/Software
Michelle L. Hamilton
Director of Purchasing
Mesa Public Schools
Mesa, Arizona

Mesa Public Schools had a goal to expand the innovative use of technology in the classroom. Teams of teachers could apply to be innovation teams, and as part of the application process, they needed to review and select devices and software they would implement in the classroom to increase student achievement. A technology expo was held where vendors showcased their products and teachers inside and outside the district had an opportunity for hands-on experience.

How Deliberative Decision Making Leads to Improved Community Engagement
Alita McCoy Zuber
Assistant Superintendent for Business
Ossining Union Free School District
Ossining, New York

Recognizing the importance of community trust and engagement in the success of a district’s efforts to improve student achievement, district personnel met with representatives of key stakeholder groups and developed concise, constant, and cohesive themes to educate each group about the financial problems facing the community. These targeted messages helped community members understand the challenges facing the district, which led to community trust and engagement. Even the harshest critics became partners. One capital bond and two budget referendums were approved with the highest voter approval rates in recent history.

Inclusion of Technology Endowment Adds Unique Spin to Bond Measure
Bill C. McGuire, CBO
Deputy Superintendent of Administrative Services
Twin Rivers Unified School District
McClellan, California

Just a few years after the Twin Rivers USD Board was recalled and the district was the subject of a Wall Street Journal article about contentious relationships within the community, the district brought the community focus back to the students. The result was passage of two $30 million bonds in two years—including one that incorporated a $10 million technology endowment that provides the district with $1 million every other year to keep the district up-to-date with technology.

Financial Services University – A Self-Service Approach for Online Training
Deborah M. Randazzo
Director, Internal Compliance
Cobb County School District
Marietta, Georgia

The district implemented a self-service approach to online training that has increased efficiency in the financial services department. The program, Financial Services University (FSU), consolidates training information, including policies, procedures, manuals, and schedules, into one easily accessible self-serve module for department personnel and others interested in financial service training. Prior to implementation of FSU, training for the district’s financial policies and procedures were handled in the classroom or via one-to-one meetings in person or via telephone—a cumbersome process for a large school system. Now, less time is spent answering phone calls and printing documents and more time and resources can be devoted to improving the education of Cobb County students.

Comprehensive Fee Management System
Jeffrey M. Solomon, RSBA
Director of Finance and Operations
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools
Rosemount, Minnesota

Unable to find a cash handling system that satisfied all the elements on the district wish list, the district worked with several partners to develop an online fee management system that removed cash handling from school buildings and streamlined district business processes—one of the first truly comprehensive fee management systems in the nation. With this system, the district has streamlined its business practices and centralized all its schools with one common practice, one form, and one process. The system offers online payment and registration for more than 100 items, including student activities, child care, transportation services, school meal accounts, community education classes and activities, public use of school facilities, parking, and lost book fees.

A Statewide Tool for School Finance Literacy
Scot J. Ecker
Associate Vice President and Controller
Carthage College
Kenosha, Wisconsin

The Investing in (Our State’s) Public Schools finance literacy tool meets the need for a better way to present crucial, complex financial information to all school district stakeholders regardless of their level of financial literacy. This community engagement and learning tool helps promote understanding of school finances and community-wide conversation about the needs of students. It is customizable, so education entities can adapt it to address their unique situations.

BusSTAR (Supporting Teaching by Assisting in Reading)
John D. Fitzgerald, CMA, CFM
Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance
Lake Orion Community Schools
Lake Orion, Michigan

The BusSTAR (Supporting Teaching by Assisting in Reading) program invites school bus drivers to contribute to the education of the district’s students for one hour a week—typically between their morning and afternoon routes. The bus drivers provide instructional support in the schools and classrooms on a volunteer basis. Many bus drivers also incorporate learning activities on the buses—during idle times as buses are loading and unloading. In addition to increased participation of students in learning activities, benefits include reduced behavior issues on the buses, increased interaction and cooperation among all levels of district staff, and improved parent/community support of the district’s transportation department.

Energy Conservation and Efficiency through Kilowatt Savings Challenge
Joseph Marquardt
Director of Business and HR Services
School District of New London
New London, Wisconsin

When the district adopted a goal to purposefully reduce energy consumption in all buildings, the Kilowatt Savings Challenge was born. All staff members were motivated to help the district reach its goal to reduce kilowatt consumption by 5% over the previous fiscal year. School leaders and custodians shared energy saving strategies with all staff and Kill a Watt meters were placed in each building to monitor usage. Data were tracked on the business services website so all schools could see their progress. The district also instituted a two-week district shutdown during the summer and during the winter break to reduce energy use.

Leveling the Playing Field for All Students
Ron Orr, CPA, SFO
Chief Financial Officer
Pattonville School District
St. Ann, Missouri

Despite the struggling economy and a diverse student population, the district launched the successful 1:1 laptop initiative during the 2012–2013 school year. Rather than focusing on the technology, the initiative wove together sustainable financing, student achievement, professional development, risk management, and systems infrastructure. The results: higher achievement, higher attendance, and significant cost savings for the district due, in part, to a vastly reduced textbook budget.

Transforming Learning with Virtualization Technology
Douglas E. Meade
Director of Information Technology
York County School Division
Yorktown, Virginia

The Yorktown district uses Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and its own private cloud to give students and staff access to every resource they use at school from anywhere on any device. As a result, 1:1 computing is possible without the expense of providing a computer for each student and students and staff can use applications owned by the district and hosted on district servers and computers from anywhere.

Comprehensive Student Medical and Mental Health Support Programs
Erin K. Green, RSBA, SFO
Director of Business
Greendale School District
Greendale, Wisconsin

The Student and Family Assistance Program (SFAP) provides free professional counseling services to all of the district’s 2,600 students and their family members. The services include counseling for behavior issues, substance abuse, family and divorce issues, financial problems, and elder care. In addition, an on-site student health clinic provides a nurse practitioner who can address individual student health issues at the primary care level.

Creating Funding To Go Digital – 1:1 Digital Initiatives
Terry K. Haas, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Mooresville Graded School District
Mooresville, North Carolina

This digital initiative reallocated funding so every student from third grade up has a laptop to take home. What’s more, all classrooms are outfitted with 21st century learning technology. As a result, student achievement is increasing and students are more engaged in their learning. One of the most significant aspects of the model is the near elimination of expenditures for textbooks—the vast majority of the content is available online.

Innovation Celebration—Energizing the Change Required by the New Fiscal Reality
Robert A. Schoch, PRSBA
Director of Business Administration
North Penn School District
Lansdale, Pennsylvania

To create a positive, productive working climate, the district initiated a program to foster innovation and creative problem solving through collaboration of employees, students, and community members. Teams and individuals throughout the district develop strategies for reducing costs and enhancing revenues and productivity. Each spring, the district showcases these initiatives at an Innovation Celebration that’s open to the public.

Leveraging Leadership: Bridging the Gap between Classified Employees and the Students They Serve
Deborah Frazier, CPA, SFO
Assistant Superintendent of Finance
Madison County Board of Education
Richmond, Kentucky

Members of the district finance office were determined to make a difference in students’ lives. They visit elementary schools and read to the students, volunteer as lunch buddies for at-risk students, assist with school’s special events, and provide additional help in schools and classrooms wherever and whenever they can.

Free Breakfast for All
Derek Jess
School Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Perth Amboy Board of Education
Perth Amboy, New Jersey

The Free Breakfast for All program provides all preschool and middle school students with breakfast in their classroom before they tackle the school day, regardless of their free and reduced-price status. Not only are students eating a nutritious breakfast, they are beginning the day with teachers and classmates in a “family-like” atmosphere. Because they start the day with a full stomach, they are able to concentrate on their academics. District educators say students are performing better in the classroom and discipline problems have decreased.

Implement an All-Electric Fleet
Thomas Kurucz
Deputy Superintendent Operations
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District
Lee’s Summit, Missouri

In 2008–2009, the district’s distribution fleet included vehicles that were more than two decades old and, as such, were energy inefficient. The district partnered with a local coalition and applied for a federal matching grant for alternative fuels. The district received the grant and was able to purchase four all-electric vehicles, making it the first school district in the United States to operate an all-electric distribution fleet.

Integrated Online Registration and Payment System
Cathy Antee, SFO
Chief Financial Officer
Hoover City Board of Education
Hoover, Alabama

Recognizing the challenges of collecting and processing thousands of documents related to new and returning students each year, the district undertook an effort to gather and manage student information more efficiently and reduce paperwork in the payment process. All students register online now, which saves the district approximately $60,000 a year in postage and mailing, personnel, and printing costs. Approximately 75% use the online payment system.

A Proactive Facilitated Approach to Rezoning: How to Move the Community toward Ownership of Rezoning Recommendations
Thomas Gunnell
Chief Operations Officer
Katy Independent School District
Katy, Texas

School district rezoning can be one of the most contentious issues a community faces—but not in Katy Independent School District, where a multi-phase approach to community engagement included public workshops and opportunities for individual inputs provided online. All comments were published on a public website, district responses were available to the public and press, and an Internet campaign allowed the district’s message to go viral.

The 4-Bucket Plan: A Better 403(b) Retirement Plan
Sharon Raschke, Ed.D.
Executive Director of Finance and Business
Dexter Community Schools
Dexter, Michigan

School business officials joined efforts to develop a better 403(b) retirement plan for district employees. The four-bucket plan allows participants to determine how much or how little involvement they have in their own retirement plan. The buckets include a core line up of mutual funds, custom asset allocation portfolios, mainspring managed funds, and an open brokerage window that offers access to thousands of mutual funds. The plan operates solely in the interest of the plan participants, is transparent, and features broadly diversified investment options.

Growing a Healthy Community through a Food Service Garden Program
Barbara Nissel
Food Service Supervisor
Great Valley School District
Malvern, Pennsylvania

The district developed a school garden to help increase student consumption of local fresh fruits and vegetables. They operate a modest Farmer’s Market in secondary school cafeterias and conduct taste testing in elementary school cafeterias. The living laboratory provides a collaborative, cross-generational connection for the entire community.

Certificate in School Administration: A Bridging Program to Enhance Wider Access to the Profession
Ray Moorcroft
Head of Department – Innovation and Enterprise
Manchester Metropolitan University
Crewe, Cheshire, UK

The School Business Management Framework of programs, run by the National College for Leadership, was not reaching certain candidates who had concerns about studying as adult learners, or who did not wish to move up the career ladder but wanted accredited professional development to enhance their skills as school administrators. The Centre for Innovation and Enterprise devised a program called Certificate in School Administration to provide a virtual learning environment that supports blended learning, provides up to date information, and provides external credibility—offering a clear route for those preparing for a career in school business management.

Better Buildings Begin Here – Achieving Customer Service through Innovative Facilities Initiatives
Larry Williams
Assistant Superintendent for Facilities and Construction
Lewisville Independent School District
Lewisville, TX

School Business Administrator Apprenticeship/Internship Program
Patrick Collins
Director of Business Operations
Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School
Marlborough, MA

Applying Quality Principles to Reduce Accidents and Workman’s Compensation Costs for Operations
Nita Mensia-Joseph
Director of Operations
Portsmouth Public Schools
Portsmouth, VA

Transportation Service Provider Performance Monitoring: An Encompassing Approach for Ensuring Accountability
Joel Sloggett
Chief Administrative Officer
Student Transportation Services of Central Ontario
Ontario, Canada

A Nationally Recognized Comprehensive Energy Conservation Program
Douglas Meade
Dir. Of Information Technology
York County School District
Yorktown, VA

School-Hospital Partnership Fosters a Healthy Body with a Healthy Mind
Brenda Burkett, CPA, CFO
Norman Public School
Norman, OK

Construction of a Student Operated state-of-the-art Distribution Center to Enhance A Group of Schools Consortia Purchasing Program
Randy Hensinger
Business Administrator
Lehigh Career & Technical Institute
Schnecksville, PA

Aggregating School Board Electrical Energy Procurement Results in Cost Savings
Bruce Moltzan, RSBA
Associate Superintendent
Chinook’s Edge School Division
Innisfail, Alberta

Enhancing Quality of Life Leads to an Energized Staff with Minimal Cost to the District
Lisa Morstad, CPA, CFO
Fayetteville Public Schools
Fayetteville, AR

District-wide Copier/Multifunction Devices (MFD) Initiative
Ron McCulley, CPPB, RSBO
Assistant Director of Purchasing,br> Douglas County School District
Castle Rock, CO

First Who, Then What: Implementing Effective Change Through Quality Team Building
Louis Pepe, RSBA
School Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Summit Public Schools
Summit, NJ

Energy Management Program Reduces Consumption by 31%
Robert Schoch
Director of Business Administration
Council Rock School District
Newtown, PA

Thanks a $million…Creating Energy Efficient Schools to Increase Student Opportunities
Harold (Bill) Good
Director of Operations
Davenport Community School District
Davenport, IA

Character Counts Bus Ridership Recognition through Community Support
Margaret Ellen Kalmanowicz, RSBO
Kent County PS
Chestertown, MD

Outsourcing all Functions of the Business Offices Saves District Nearly $400,000 in one Year
Lucienne Smith
Director of Business Affairs
North Slope Borough School District
Barrow, AK

A Wellness Program Centered Around Nurse Practitioner Services that Provides Free Healthcare and Wellness Education to School District Employees
Mindy Stooksbury, RSBA
Director of Fiscal Services
Maryville City Schools
Maryville, TN

Building Community Support through Expansion of Business and Parent Partnerships by Creating Alternatives to Help all Kids be Successful
Wayne Leonard
Asst. Superintendent for Business and Finance
Deer Park School District
Deer Park, WA

A Pre-Purchase Program for Materials and Equipment in a Capital Program: Taking Advantage of Standardization and Economies of Scale
Dr. Richard Moretti
Major Capital Improvement Program Administrator
Red Clay Consolidated School District
Wilmington, DE

Shape your Life, Health Promotion Program, Changes employee Life Styles Empowering Them to Take Charge in Factors Affecting Their Health
Craig Schilling, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent for Business Affairs
Northfield Township HSD # 225
Glenview, IL

Fiber Optic Ring Joint Project Serving the Austin Public School and Austin Utilities
Lori Volz, RSBA
Director of Finance & Operations
Austin Public Schools
Austin, MN

Planning Guide for Maintaining School Facilities – A Joint Project of ASBO International and the National Forum on Education Statistics
Roger Young
Assistant Superintendent of Schools
Manchester Essex Regional High School
Manchester, MA

A Regional Economic Impact Study of Ten School Systems Including Its Educational Services Agency
Joseph Camerion, Ph.D.
District Superintendent
Oswego County Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES)
Mexico, NY

Implementation of Universal Breakfast in the Classroom
Kathleen Glindmeier
Food Service Director
Paradise Valley Unified School District
Phoenix, AZ

Developing Consensus Driven Building Standards
John Pokorny, CFM
Director of Maintenance, Grounds and Energy Management Services
Lewisville Independent School District
Lewisville, TX

Microsoft Excel template and a Process to Help School District Prepare Financial Statement for the First Time under GASB 34
Greg Holbrook
Assistant Business Official
Alpine School District
American Fork, UT

Energy Performance Contract
John Chardavoyne, RSBA
Assistant Superintendent
Stamford Public Schools
Stamford, CT

Value Engineering Process to Achieve Significant Cost Savings of Construction Costs
Ed McBride, RSBA
Director of Operations
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Durham, NC

Scanning of Free Lunch Applications Revolutionized Procedures for Federal/State Audits by Enabling the Off-Site Review of Images
Nadine Mann, Ph.D., LDN, RD
Director of Operations, Child Nutrition Program
East Baton Rouge Parish School System
Baton Rouge, LA

Creating a District-wide energy Management Program that will Encompass All Aspects of Energy Management while Retaining Appropriate Building Utilization
Robert Dooley, RSBO
Director of Business Affairs
Warwick Public Schools
Warwick, RI

Improvement of Contracted Transportation Services
John Chardavoyne, RSBA
Assistant Superintendent
Stamford Public School
Stamford, CT

Human Resources Web Access System
Fred Gardiner, Manager
Benefits and Payroll
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
Mississauga, Ontario

School District Leads in School Bus Tracking and Safety
Brian Loncar
Supervisor of Transportation
Wilson School District
West Lawn, PA

First Annual School Construction Institute
Richard Weeks, RSBA
Business Manager
Grafton Public Schools
Grafton, MA

County Schools Purchasing Department – World Wide Web Site
Wilma Gibbs-Matthews
Purchasing Agent
Fulton County Schools
Atlanta, GA

Emergency Preparedness/Response
Guy Grace
Manager of Security
Littleton Public Schools
Littleton, CO

Developed, Constructed, and Maintains an Interactive Website for the Montana Association of School Business Officials
Roger Heimbigner
Business Manager
Laurel School District #7 & 7-70
Laurel, MT

Pupil Transportation Consortium – An Innovative Approach to Meeting Challenges in School Business Management
Jonathan H. Ross, RSBA
Director of Transportation
Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES)
North White Plains, NY

Re-design of Secondary School Reimbursable Meal Program: 'Maxi Meal'
Daniel Andrews
Director of Food Services
Seminole County Public Schools
Sanford, FL

Primary Vendor Contract for Maintenance Supplies
Deborah Rausch Grant, RSBO
Supervisor of Purchasing/Accounts Payable
Independent School District #742
St. Cloud, MN

Superintendent’s Building Excellence Program – Provides for a Detailed Overview of District’s Facilities
Joseph Tyo
Director of Operations & Risk Management
Clover Park School District #400
Lakewood, WA

Gary Krawchuk
Secretary-Treasurer
Northern Lights School Division No. 69
Bonnyville, Alberta

Catherine Fanjoy
Business Manager
Oxford Hills School District
Oxford, ME

Carol Hallberg
Director of Transportation
Upper Dublin School District
Ambler, PA

David M. Piper
Director of Business Affairs
Altoona Area School District
Altoona, PA

J. Christopher Kerwin
Deputy Executive Director
Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit
Lewisburg, PA

Jeffrey Kimball
Purchasing and Material Manager
Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit
Lewisburg, PA

Robert Andrews, RSBO
Supervisor of Accounting and Payroll
Kent School District No. 415
Kent, WA

Barbara Settanni-Nissel
Food Service Supervisor
Great Valley School District
Malvern, PA

Larry Springfield
Assistant Superintendent for Operations
Mid-Del Schools
Midwest City, OK

Thomas Huddleson
Farmington, MO

James Siervo
Director of Facilities
Pattonville, R-III School District
St. Ann, MO

Joan Kiteley
School Finance Specialist
Arizona School Facilities Board
Phoenix, AZ

Ronald Stannard
Assistant Superintendent
East China School District
East China, MI

Michael Weaver
Executive Director Finance & Business
Madison City Schools
Madison, AL

Wayne Johnston
School District of Springfield Township
Oreland, PA

David Cline
Director of Finance
Prince William County Public Schools
Manassas, VA

Carolyn Congleton
Owen J. Roberts School District
Pottstown, PA

Paul Perry
North Thurston School District No. 3
Lacey, WA

Clement Lausberg
Portland, OR

Burel Block
Assistant Professor
Albany State College
Albany, GA

Aloysius Grote, RSBA
St. James Elementary School
Cincinnati, OH

Deborah Morrone
Food Service Supervisor
Gateway School District
Monroeville, PA

Dianna Linder
Billings, MT

George Dellorto, RSBO
Arlington Heights, IL

John Musso, RSBA
Deputy Superintendent
Pueblo School District No. 60
Pueblo, CO

Arlis Swatzendruber
Superintendent
Waterloo Community School District
Waterloo, IA

Nadine Mann
Assistant Director
Child Nutrition
East Baton Rouge Parish School District
Baton Rouge, LA

John Crafton
Assistant Superintendent
Methuen Public Schools
Methuen, MA

Sharon Kerr, RSBA
Assistant Superintendent/Business & Personnel
Hastings-on-Hudson Unified School District
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

Patricia Pedersen
Business Manager
Euclid City Schools
Euclid, OH