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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 Governance O Budget Timeline O New Course Proposals O Audit Reviews Finance O Why it started Academics 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

Challenges ¡and ¡Opportunities ¡ Finance Committee Budget Proposals State Aid Picture Academic Budget

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 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 Michael Piccirillo 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 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 Frank Palumbo