SBO Perspectives

Combined, we have 85 years of architectural experience on the podcast. Jim King and Phil Saudrito, Partners at King and King Architects and Gian-Paul Piane, Partner at SEI Design Group join us to discuss what to look out for and how the current state of the economy is affecting school districts throughout the state.

Boards of Education and School Business Officials work hand in hand; especially when it comes to the budgeting process. Michelle Woerner, Vice President for the Briarcliff Manor UFSD Board of Education lays out what an effective BOE/SBO relationship looks like, defines the roles and boundaries of each and offers her insight on what it means to be involved and serve your community!

Have you started converting your old-school paper records to digital? Are you unsure where to being or not sure if it’s something you can fit into the budget? Fear not! Today we speak with Lorraine Hill, Records Advisory Officer (RAO) for the State Archives. Learn more about the conversion process and the grants available to take the leap into the 21st Century!

Spoken like a true school business leader, William Furlong, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services at Fayetteville-Manlius School District takes us through his over 20-year career, what he’s learned and why he’s looking to close this chapter in his life. We’d also like to congratulate Bill as the 2022 recipient of the Philip B. Fredenburg Memorial Award for Outstanding Service award for ASBO New York. Well deserved!

Today we are LIVE! Presenting at the Education Summit was an incredible honor and we wanted to capture some of our conversations with our audience members. Thank you to the ASBO staff for a wonderful conference; full of incredible seminars and opportunities to connect with our peers across the state!

As School Business Officials, much of our work is staying in the lines on laws and regulations. That’s much easier to do when you have the expertise of your local legal counsel. Join us as we speak with Mara Harvey, Partner at Lamb & Barnnosky, LLP about how the pandemic has changed legal interpretations for school districts and which pitfalls to avoid in the future.

It’s never an easy conversation when it comes to school shootings. As educators, we constantly have that worry in the back of our heads. In the wake of the Robb Elementary shooting in Texas, we’ve brought in two security experts to better assist us to keep our students and staff safe. Peter Noonan, Vice President of Sales at Digital Provisions and Peter Curcio, Chief Operating Office at Arrow Security offer up their industry expertise on school security with both technology and best practices.

Learn more about the FEMA active shooter course here: https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-907

What a lineup! We’ve pulled in the heavy hitters to give all of us the A - Z analysis on how best to protect your district and its data from hackers and cyber attacks.

From IGI Cybersecurity:

Chad Walter, Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Paul Robinson, National Sales Director

Jim Ambrosini, Cyber Security Consultant

From Nawrocki Smith

Dimitris Bantileskas, Director of Internal Audit Groups

From NYBEST

Eric Gilbert, Managing Director

Find out more on the NIST Framework here: https://www.nist.gov/cyberframework

Food Service is one of the most important functions of a school district. Kids must be fed in order to learn and no-one knows that more than your district’s School Lunch Manager. Jim Gounaris, School Lunch Manager at Great Neck Schools demonstrates that managing a school lunch program is more than making sure meals are served. So much has affected the lunch programs across the country over the past two years and Jim describes how he left no student hungry!