Problem
As the school principal you just learned that your school district's override initiative failed. As a result, you have been notified that you must cut one teaching position and cut 10% from your site budget.
How do you fix this issue and defend the budget in a transparent, ethical way? Can you describe your strategic planning and budget development processes used to create the budget? What are visuals of major budget components? Can you justify expenditures that include staff and technology resources? Where will the budget cuts will occur? Can you justify for the one teacher you have selected to release or can you present an alternative solution? How is the plan going to promote continual and sustainable school improvement and upholds the school vision/mission and the values of democracy, equity, and diversity? How will your plan efficiently use human, fiscal, and technological resources to manage school operations? How does your plan propose a mobilization of diverse community resources to support areas cut in the new budget? How would your plan advocate for student needs? How does your plan respond to current political initiatives and emerging trends? How will the school monitor and evaluate the implementation of the program, to include the school management and operational systems?