To say that opening new charter school Rio Grande Academy of Fine Arts (RioGAFA) has kept primary co-founders Jordan Franco and Michele Platis busy would be a massive understatement. Franco is as seasoned as they come in the education field. His résumé spans more than 15...
Like a kid who needs a back-to-school wardrobe overhaul after a summertime growth spurt, the charter school management organization Green Dot Public Schools found itself needing a significant upgrade to its back-office systems following an aggressive expansion in which its network grew from a single...
Here in the age of digitally connected classrooms, computer-driven learning and Big Data, an educational organization’s security responsibilities extend well beyond protecting the physical well-being of their students, staff and structures. No one knows that better than Bryant Wong, Chief Technology Officer at Summit Public...
When is the right time to hire a procurement director, a person dedicated to overseeing purchasing functions and the policies that underpin them? It’s a question that stirs debate within charter school organizations around the country....
How KIPP San Antonio Got a Handle on Procurement Charter school network CFO tells a still-unfolding story of the fits, starts, frustrations and triumphs that have accompanied implementation of the organization’s new purchasing policy Bringing a coherent, transparent procurement policy to an organization that has long lacked...
It's been a busy year-and-half for Stephen Parmer, who, since taking over as head of procurement for Uplift Education, the largest charter school network in North Texas, in early 2016, has been hard at work centralizing what had been a relatively loose and largely departmentalized...
If procurement is part of your job description, then you know just how high the stakes are with the purchasing decisions you make on behalf of your school or school network, and just how important due diligence is in the procurement process. Part of that due...
With multiple layers of procurement rules, policies and reporting requirements to navigate, compliance may seem like a trip through Dante’s Inferno for school procurement people. But as much of a headache as figuring out and following all those rules and regs can be, the process...
Getting a low price for basic school and office supplies was nice, but Katrina Conley of Green Dot Public Schools could no longer overlook the spotty inventory and shoddy service the Los Angeles-based charter school network was getting from the national retailer that was supplying...