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(Friday)  "Protecting Your Fund Balance Part 3" by Joe Smith - Good Morning - April 11, 2008

• Advice to all district administrators
• Signs that you might be approaching “The Wall”

(Thursday)  "The Wall" by Joe Smith - Good Morning - April 10, 2008

• What is “The Wall”?

• Avoiding a financial crisis
• Ways others are predicting their financial future
• Link:  M. Pate’s predictor chart to share
  
  

(Wednesday)  No Commentary

(Tuesday)  "Protecting Your Fund Balance Part 2" by Joe Smith - Good Morning - April 8, 2008

• In plain words:  The (proper) function of a Fund Balance
• Our readers share steps they are taking to keep financial stability
• Key indicator of a district’s financial condition

(Monday)  "Protect Your Fund Balance Part 1" by Joe Smith - Good Morning - April 7, 2008

• There may be no financial help from the legislature
• Using your fund balance to meet recurring expenditures is not the answer!
• Fund balances can no longer be rebuilt in the same manner as in the past