2024 Alliance for Smarter School Spending Fall Meeting Agenda

The meeting took place October 17–18, 2024, at GFOA's offices in Chicago, Illinois.

Time	Topic	Speaker
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome	Chris Morrill, CEO, GFOA
9:00 - 9:45	Rethinking School Budgeting - Applying Lessons from GFOA's Initiative to School Districts	Harpreet Hora, Budget Director, Atlanta Public Schools and Lunda Asmani, CFO, Norwalk Public Schools
9:45 - 10:45	Leading Change	Dr. Susan Moxley
11:00 - Noon	Option to Attend: Journeys to Improved Budgeting (Case Study with Nashville)	Metro Nashville Public Schools
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch (Provided by GFOA)
1:00 - 2:00	Option to Attend: Supporting Employees with Wellness Centers Rethinking Scheduling	Osceola County Schools Matt Bubness, Director, Baker Tilly and Tory Horton, Thornton Township High School District 205
2:15 - 3:15	Option to Attend: Tier 1 Intervention Strategy Navigating Charter Schools – Implications, Trends and Partnerships	Nate Levenson, Founder and CEO, New Solutions K12 and Dr. Robert Pennington, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Norwalk Public Schools Matt Lentz, CFO Esperanza Charter School and Seku Robertston, Manager Director of Schools, LEARN Charter Management
3:30 - 4:30	Leading Change	Heather Anichini, Chicago Public Education Fund
4:30 to 5:30	Leading Change / Change Management	Paul Vallas

Time	Topic	Location
6:00 - 9:00	Join your peers for a relaxing evening to network, build relationships, or simply unwind with good food at a nearby Chicago restaurant. Event provided at no cost to attendees by GFOA.	Barrio, 65 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL

Time	Topic	Speaker
9:00 - 9:30	Day 2 Welcome and Review of Smarter School Spending Tools	Group Exercise Facilitated by Kyle Wedberg, Senior Manager, GFOA
9:45 - 10:45	Option to Attend: Long-Term Capital Planning (Security and Enrollment) Building Internal Coordination with Academic ROI	Michele Trongaard, Associate Superintendent of Business and Finance, Mansfield Independent Schools and Jeffrey Brogeden, Associate Superintendent Facilities and Bond Programs Mansfield Independent Schools Joe Costello, Director, District Management Group
11:00 - 12:00	Leading Change - GFOA Budget Readiness Self Assessment Tool	Kyle Wedberg, Senior Manager, GFOA
12:00 - 1:00	Working Lunch Provided by GFOA
1:00 - 2:30	Recap Exercise - The Group will work to recap main points from the conference and prepare a joint document for publication	Group Exercise Facilitated by Kyle Wedberg, Senior Manager, GFOA