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403:K12 Connect - Facing the Digital Demands 406: EPLS and Disbarment
of the Common Core, and Winning The 4 W’s. What is SAM? Why you have to?
How is your district addressing the demands When is it needed? Who do you check? How you
placed on IT departments to meet the digital, check SAM?
financial, and infrastructure requirements of
Common Core? You don’t have to go at it alone. Presented by: Tammy Leeder, Alahambra
See how Tolleson Union and other districts are School District and Howard Kropp, Washington
partnering with Sprint to leverage Priority 1 Elementary School District
ERATE services and building out a private Wi-Fi
network to address this digital tsunami coming
in 2014, and at no charge to the district. 407: Bridging the Gap: Bringing Energy Conservation
and Renewable Energy into the Classroom
Presented by: David Sanders, Tolleson Union With shrinking budgets and increasing needs
High School District and Kevin Beck, Sprint to educate our students, how do you integrate
21st Century topics like Energy Conservation
and Renewable Energy into the classroom with

404: Collecting Data to Enhance Any minimal cost and maximum impact? Come to
Transportation Operation our session, led by Stacey Barker, Director
This session will provide attendees examples of Support Services for Camp Verde Unififed
of how districts can easily collect data that can School District. There you will learn new ways
be used to help manage their transportation of instructing you students that will grab their
operation to maximize efficiently and customer attention and not let go. See you there!
satisfaction.
Presented by: Stacey Barker, Camp Verde
Presented by: Dean Humphrey, Pendergast Unified School District and Todd Becker,
School District Ameresco

405: Local Procurement Options for Arizona Farm 408: ASRS Audits and Compliance
to School Programs in RFP or Bid Preparation This session will provide you with the current
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This workshop will feature the issues that ASRS s finding n t’s most recent audits.
application of the USDA Geographical You will also be made aware of how to avoid them
Preference Option written into RFP’s for as well as the latest compliance requirements.
School Meal Programs. Participants will gain an
overview on the history of the USDA
Geographical Preference Rule and how it has Presented by: Patrick Klein, Arizona State
been applied in other states. The Arizona Retirement System
Department of Education will host a discus-
sion on procurement implementation strategies
allowable for Arizona.

Presented by: Ashley Schimke and Ellen
Pimental from the Arizona Department 60th Anniversary
of Education
Conference