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URSDAY, JULY 17
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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
102: Current T rends and T ools for Financial T r ansparency
102: Current Trends and Tools for Financial Transparency
This session will provide perspectives from multiple school districts who use
various utilities to assist in both forecasting the budgetary factors and build
financial transparency both internally and externally. Join three of the largest
school districts in Arizona and learn from their approaches to build financial
planning and transparency.
Presenters
Ken Alexander - Mesa Public Schools
Daniel O’Brien - Washington Elementary School District
Ricky HernÁndez - Tucson Unified School District
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
ttendance Boundaries or
202: Assessing Adjustments in School A
202: Assessing Adjustments in School Attendance Boundaries or
Building Utilization: Emplo ying Essential Criteria for a
Building Utilization: Employing Essential Criteria for a
Successful Ev aluation
Successful Evaluation
Balancing budgets, enrollment changes, and community expectations can make
managing school facilities feel overwhelming. But with the right data, you can
confidently make decisions that benefit your schools and community. Join us
to explore practical, data-driven strategies for smarter facility use and school
boundary planning.
Presenters
Joanne Fimbres - Pendergast Elementary School District
Brenda Richmond - Frontline Education
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
age Financial Crisis
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302: How to A
302: How to Avoid Being a Front-Page Financial Crisis
oid Being a Front
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This session will examine strategies school districts need to deploy to analyze
the long term fiscal health of their district. Enrollment is the driving factor of
our budget capacity and knowing strategies for planning for enrollment growth,
or more realistically, decline and how expenses need to follow the same trend
is critical for avoiding a financial crisis.
Presenters
Lana Berry - Chandler Unified School District
Dale Ponder - Crane Elementary School District
Lizette Huie - Sahuarita Unified School District
Heather Mock - Deer Valley Unified School District
Mike Martinez - The Office of Maricopa County School Superintendent
Karin Smith - HeinfeldMeech
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM

402: Student Rustling - Using Open Enrollment Data to Understand
402: Stud ent R ustling - Using Open Enrollment Data to Understand
Competition for Students
Competition for Students
This session will review the publicly-available Arizona Department of Education
open enrollment data, explore interesting trends and statistics, and suggest
simple tables that business managers can create from the data to understand
and explain a district’s competitive environment.
Presenter
Charlie Martin - Laveen Elementary School District Page
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