BUDGET AWARD
The Howard-Suamico School District has received the Meritorious Budget Award for its 2010-11 budget from the Association of School Business Officials International for the 13th consecutive year. The District is one of two districts in the state to receive the award.
[SP-EYE note: the other is DC Everest, also a district in our size-class] The award recognizes high standards in the preparation and presentation of school-system budgets and is only conferred to school systems who have met or exceeded the program criteria.
No other organization or award program is specifically designed to enhance school budgeting and honor a school system for a job well done.
See how Howard-Suamico (a district in our size class) gets it done
The Meritorious Budget Awards Program (MBA):
- Provides clear budget presentation guidelines
- Defines up to date budget practices
- Encourages both short- and long-range budget goals
- Promotes sound fiscal management practices
- Promotes effective use of educational resources
- Facilitates professional growth and development for the budget staff
- Helps build solid development, analytical, and presentation budget skills
Yes, it costs about $1,000 to apply, for ASBO members. But we certainly have a few of those. Wouldn't it be worth $1,000 to force us to have a clear, accurate budget that projects for upcoming fiscal years as well?
Oh....wait...nevermind...we forgot...district administration tells us..
- It's too difficult to project a budget for a future year...
- That we need to trust that they're doing really, really well (everyone ELSE is messed up!)
- that people just don't understand this stuff.
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