You are the superintendent of a school district which has 10% of nextyear's expenditures in reserve as “carryover.” Unfortunately, your school district currently is spending more than the revenues you receive,and estimates for next year’s fund balance are at 8% if current expenditure levels are maintained. How do you respond?
After completing your interview, you will use the knowledge you gainedfrom the course as well as the information gleaned from the interview to write an8-10 page double-spaced paper. Remember that the administrator you interview is just a resource and should not be your sole source of information for the assignment. Therefore, your paper should be more comprehensive than merely a summary of the suggestions which emerged fromthe interview.To assist you in structuring this assignment, please include the following sections in your final paper:Section 1:Description of the person interviewed including personal background and experience with school financial planning as well as the demographic characteristics of the school districtSection 2:Summary of the content of the interviewSection 3: Your recommendations to enhance revenues and the rationale behind your recommendationsSection 4:Your recommendations to reduce expenditures along with the reasons for selecting these optionsSection 5:Your personal reflection on both the case study scenario and school financial management particularly as they relate to you as a public school administratorNOTE: This assignment is purposely broad in nature to allow you to identify as many revenue enhancement and expenditure reduction actions as possible. For purposes of this assignment, recommendations may include simple as well as complex actions. In fact, the best papers will include more rather than fewer recommendations. However, when deciding whether to include a revenue enhancement or expenditure reduction recommendation, you will need to consider its feasibility. For example, you could solve the budget deficit by eliminating an entire department or grade level; however, that could be unrealistic. You will need to carefully consider the political, psychological, and ethical implications of each recommendation.
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