On July 2, school districts in Kansas received an additional 2% cut in funding. From the superintendents in southeast Kansas who I've spoken with the monetary result of this latest funding cut ranges from $30,000 to nearly $300,000 depending on factors such as student enrollment, socioeconomic demographics etc.
Conversely, superintendents are also talking about the ARRA and Stimulus funding they are receiving and the challenge of quarterly reporting of how those funds are impacting student achievement.
I feel that marketing to school districts in Kansas will need to be approached from a different aspect than in the past. Creative marketing and aligning products and services to ARRA, Stimulus, and other Federal funding sources will be critical to success.
One last note...keep in mind that Greenbush philosophy and culture is steeped in the core tenets of service and remaining student-focused. Partners with similar core values will continue to achieve success.
Arkansas, December 2006
what I do when I'm not at Greenbush!
About Me
- Brad
- I serve as director of business partnerships at Greenbush so I primarily work with our business partners and vendors through our affiliation with the Association of Education Purchasing Agencies (AEPA). My post-secondary education is in wildlife biology and natural resources management. In my early professional career I served as a wildlife biologist for an engineering company in Kansas City, Missouri. I performed biological assessments for Federal construction projects in more than 14 states and once walked a gas pipeline right of way from South Carolina to Washington D.C. I also won gold medals in both one-man bobsledding and ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. My wife, Andra, and boys, Dominic (9) and Jack (5), think I should compete on the "The Next Food Network Star" on The Food Network!
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