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OKC school board hears outside coaches on aligning budget to district goals
Summary
Board coaches AJ Crabill and Carol Beckerly led a work session on aligning the Oklahoma City Public Schools budget to adopted goals and guardrails, advising board members to press staff for evidence of alignment and to plan the budget calendar well before the June 30 adoption deadline. New member Vernona Dismuke was sworn in during opening remarks.
Vernona Dismuke took the oath of office at the start of the Oklahoma City Public Schools work session and was welcomed to the board.
The meeting then turned to a training-style discussion on budgeting led by AJ Crabill, a former board member and coach, and Carol Beckerly. Crabill framed the budget conversation around a single purpose: "There's only one reason school systems exist: to cause improvements in what the community's children know and are able to do," and said a budget should show how the district directs its time, talent and treasure toward those goals.
Crabill told the board its role is not to craft operational line items but to judge whether the…
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