Features

• Financial Allies in Tough Times

  by Kimberly Reeves

  Superintendents and business directors collaborate even more closely when district revenues fall far short of needs.

  Similar Reading: How Much Budgeting Must You Know?

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• Budget Cutting Without Rancor

  by Carmen Mariano

  The assistant superintendent in Quincy, Mass., details how his district slashed $8 million in proposed spending but protected student needs.

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• Surviving Closings and Consolidations

  by Brad Hughes

  Keep an open attitude and apply a healthy dose of public input, says the communications director for the Kentucky School Boards Association.

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• Central-Office Real Estate

  by Priscilla Pardini

  Some school districts find it’s possible to upgrade the quality of their headquarters without looking self-serving.

  Similar Reading: A Royal Office Headache in Rochester

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• Private Capital for Public Schools

  by John M. McLaughlin and G. William Bavin

  A consultant on private-sector involvement points to market-driven solutions to school infrastructural needs.

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• Barriers to Afterschool Programs

  by Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood

  An AASA study finds it’s more than funding that stands in the way of effective on-site programs.

  Similar Reading: AASA’s Study of Afterschool Sites

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