2024 Alliance for Smarter School Spending Fall Meeting Agenda

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

Option to Attend:

• Journeys to Improved Budgeting (Case Study with Nashville)

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

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

Heather Anichini, Chicago Public Education Fund

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

Day 2 Welcome and Review of Smarter School Spending Tools

Group Exercise Facilitated by Kyle Wedberg, Senior Manager, GFOA

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

Leading Change - GFOA Budget Readiness Self Assessment Tool

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