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Finance ¡and ¡Student ¡ Achievement ¡

A Collaboration of the superintendent, school board and business official Presented to NYSCOSS 2015

Panel ¡

O Michael Piccirillo, Superintendent of Schools,

Saratoga City School District

O Frank Palumbo, immediate past board of

education member, Saratoga City School District chair of the Board Finance Advisory Committee.

O Kurt Jaeger, Assistant Superintendent for

Business, Saratoga City School District.

O Deborah H. Cunningham, Director of Education

and Research, New York State Association of School Business Officials

Context ¡and ¡Background ¡

O What are we trying to do? O Why is this important? O Why hasn’t this already happened? O What is being done about it?

Saratoga’s ¡Finance ¡Committee ¡

O What it does

O Budget Timeline O New Course Proposals O Audit Reviews

O Why it started O What it has accomplished

O Strong positive Budget votes O Long-range planning of assets

O How governance, finance and instruction intersect O Why it applies to school districts of all sizes and types

Academics Finance Governance

Challenges ¡and ¡Opportunities ¡

Academic Budget

State Aid Picture Budget Proposals Finance Committee

A ¡Case ¡Study ¡

O Improving STEM education

O Vision 2018 O P-TECH O Advanced Manufacturing O Math Coaches O Cisco Networking Academy

Discussion ¡

O Are board members, and finance and

instructional staff prepared for this collaborative role?

O How should a school district start to

implement a Finance Committee?

O What are lessons learned and pitfalls to

avoid?

Panel ¡Members ¡

Prior to working for NYSASBO, Deborah worked as Deputy Superintendent for Business at the Nevada Department of

• Education. She is the immediate past

president of the Association of Education Finance and Policy. She worked many years for the New York State Education Department including serving as Coordinator for the Office of Educational Management Services. Deborah H. Cunningham Michael Piccirillo

• Mr. Piccirillo assumed the superintendency of the Saratoga

Springs City School District on July 1, 2012. He has been an educator for 28 years, including eight years with Saratoga, where he served as assistant superintendent of secondary

• education. Before coming to Saratoga, Mr. Piccirillo was the

high school principal in the Guilderland Central School District, an administrator in the Shenendehowa and Niskayuna Central School Districts, and a teacher in the Lake George and North Warren Central School Districts. He received a Master of Arts degree in teaching from Binghamton University, and School District Administrator certification from Plattsburgh State University.

Panel ¡Members ¡

Kurt J Jaeger, C , CPA, M , MBA is the Assistant Superintendent for Business for the Saratoga Springs City Schools. Mr. Jaeger served as chairman of the NYSSCPA Public Schools Accounting Committee and president for the New York Schools Insurance Reciprocal. He also serves on the executive committee of the WSWHE BOCES Health Insurance

• Trust. Mr. Jaeger has taught accounting for both Mercy

College and Dutchess Community College and writes for the NYSASBO Reporter. He enjoys time with his wife and grandchildren. Kurt Jaeger Frank Palumbo Frank was a school board member at the Saratoga Springs City School District for 15

• years. He served as the board president for

2 years, Vice President for 2 years and he was a founding member of the Audit and Finance Committees. He was Chairman of the finance committee for over 10 years. Frank works as a Landscape Architect at C.T. Male Associates in Latham, NY