06 - 07 Budget Positioning: HR and Business Services Presentation to the Madison School Board
The Madison School Board heard presentations this past Monday from The District's HR Director, Bob Nadler and Assistant Superintendent for Business Services Roger Price. Both described the functions that their organizations provide to the District.
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| Bob Nadler's Presentation: Video | Roger Price's Presentation: Video |
The District's Budget increases annually ($329M this year for
24,490 students). The arguments begin over how that
increase is spent. Ideally, the District's
curriculum strategy should drive the budget. Second, perhaps it would be useful to apply the same % increase to all budgets, leading to a balanced budget, within the revenue caps. Savings can be directed so that the Board can apply their strategy to the budget by elminating, reducing or growing programs. In all cases, the children should come first. It is possible to operate this way, as Loehrke notes below.
Learn more
about the budget, including
extensive historical data.
Steve Loehrke, President of the Weywauga-Fremont School District speaks to budget, governance and leadership issues in these two articles:
Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 3, 2005 5:03 PM
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