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Finance Budgeting in Education - Comprehensive Guide Creating a school budget is probably the single most labor-intensive project a school district's business office undertakes every fiscal year. …
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Finance School Finance Management: Your Guide to K-12 Finances Funding for K-12 schools has faced financial challenges for decades. Federal funding for US schools was on a steady decline when the American …
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27 Effective Food Fundraising Ideas for Schools Food fundraising ideas for schools are fun and engaging ways you can raise money to give your students and teachers the supplies and programs they …
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Technology Seize the Future: Schools Going Cashless - A How-To Guide Education is the priority for any school district, but schools also provide services, such as collecting payments for fees and activities, and …
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Free Graduation Ceremony Planning Checklist For any school planning a graduation ceremony, there are a lot of moving parts — a graduation ceremony planning checklist can help. We created a …
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Free School Lunch Survey Templates for Parents & Students School lunch surveys are a great way to find out how well your cafeteria is meeting students’ and parents’ needs. Surveys allow you to get feedback …
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Free Cafeteria Rules & Lunchroom Expectation Poster Templates For many schools, the cafeteria can be the most challenging space to manage, so a few specific cafeteria rules can help make this a positive and calm …
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10 Tips for Running a Successful School Cafeteria How do I run a successful school cafeteria? This is a question that many schools and school administrators ask themselves. But there are a few basic …
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15 Lunchroom Management Ideas to Manage Student Behavior Every day at schools nationwide, students look forward to taking a break and talking with friends — and a few key lunchroom management ideas can help …
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40 Ways to Improve School Lunches For many schools and school cafeterias, ongoing discussions center on how to improve school lunches. With so much information about and sources of …
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Fundraising 17 Free Donation Letter Templates for Schools One important job for many school staff members is writing donation letters for schools. Schools today have varying levels of resources, but the …
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15 School Event Ideas Kids & Parents Will Love A school is a community that needs to be reinforced throughout the school year, and having a great list of school event ideas can help you do that. …
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Fundraising Amazing School Store Ideas to Boost Revenue Students and teachers spend a lot of time in school — a school store and great school store ideas can help them get the products they need (and want) …
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Fundraising Free Comprehensive Homecoming Dance Planning Checklist As the school year begins, it seems too early to think about a homecoming dance planning checklist. Because for students, preparing for homecoming …
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Fundraising 10 Prom Fundraiser Ideas That Actually Work There are plenty of prom fundraiser ideas schools can use to raise money for an amazing event. It’s easy to find at least a hundred concepts tried by …
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Events Free Prom Planning Checklist | Vanco Planning a high school prom can involve coordinating many people, tasks and locations, so a prom planning checklist can make the process much easier. …
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Fundraising 31 Fall Fundraiser Ideas for School to Bring in Big Bucks Fall is a great time to organize events and raise money for schools, so we’ve collected some fun fall fundraiser ideas for schools to use as is or …
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Fundraising 16 Fun Valentine's Day Fundraising Ideas for Schools Looking for some fun Valentine’s Day fundraising ideas for school? Even though the holiday presents plenty of opportunities for generating revenue, …
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Fundraising 22 Amazing Christmas & Holiday Fundraisers for Schools The holiday season is one of the best times to raise money and a great time to host Christmas fundraisers for schools or holiday fundraisers for …
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Fundraising School Spirit Flags Fundraiser Guide for Boosting Revenue Schools, PTA’s and parents are often looking for fun and creative ways to raise money to support school programs and one great idea that is sure to …
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Fundraising School Fundraising Letters to Parents [Free Templates] | Vanco With schools across the country facing budget shortages, there is an ever growing need to send school fundraising letters to parents year-round. …
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How to Get Parents to Say Yes to Online School Payments Parents have a lot on their plates. Imagine the stress of having to come up with enough cash to pay $1,668 in school fees. They endure this every …
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Technology How to Incorporate More Technology in School Lesson Plans It's more important than ever for schools to incorporate more technology into their lesson plans. There are a number of reasons for this, but perhaps …
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