The Looming Fiscal Crisis for Schools: Four Takeaways from 2008 Great Recession

This episode is the first of a two part series focusing on the looming fiscal crisis that public schools will be facing. This is something that's fast coming down the track, we want you to be prepared. We reflect back on 2008 within the podcast. What happened? We saw the lowest school levy passage rate in years, and for years to come. Lists of budget reductions and cuts, ahead of levy requests, and even if levy passed. Contract negotiations that included zero/near zero increases for many years, plus concessions that included revising health care. The COVID crisis is ever evolving. Find out what and when you need to be communicating about the financial condition and health of your school system. Sneak peak - in the second part of the two part series, we're going to talk about what you can expect with the looming fiscal crisis for schools, and how your school district can best prepare. We Love Schools is a podcast produced by Joel Gagne & Carole Dorn-Bell that highlights and investigate success stories in school communications campaigns. Through interviews with today's educational and communication leaders address the issues, obstacles and best practices of communicating with your community in today's all-access social media-driven world.

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The Looming Fiscal Crisis for Schools: Four Takeaways from 2008 Great Recession is an episode from We Love Schools by Joel Gagne.

This episode is 14:01 long.

This episode was published on May 11, 2020.

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