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Good news… Escambia County becomes the 19th Florida school district to partner with Facilitron. 

How far have we come? Facilitron now partners with 6 of the top 10 largest school districts in the U.S. we partner with districts in 30 states. Our partner list includes Chicago Public Schools, San Diego Unified, Houston, Austin and San Antonio ISDs, Broward, Orange and Hillsborough County Schools, Philadelphia City Schools… many many more and more big ones to come like Dallas ISD, Duval County, New York Dept of Ed, LA County…

Remember too, when we partner with these districts and add them to our client list, that doesn’t mean we did a one time sale with them. It means that every facility in their entire district, every school, every field, every auditorium and every classroom is rented through Facilitron! Everyday, everyone of those districts rents multiple facilities through Facilitron. 

Thank you FASBO. When we met, we had partnerships in just two states, California and Georgia. We’ve come a long way and more to come. 

Conference News
  

Don't forget Scholarship Applications are due July 31st.  Send yours in today!

October 10-13, 2023 DoubleTree at SeaWorld, Orlando FL
Registration is $250
Hotel starting at $149



Tuesday October 10, we have A&A classes, Payroll and A/P Training.

Wednesday will have some "Clean" hypnosis with William Mitchell as well as a host of professional development classes for everyone.

You don't want to miss it!

Continuing Education
  
School business is a very complex and demanding profession requiring a special set of knowledge, skills, and abilities. It is incumbent upon us to ensure that those that follow us have the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities. To that end, the Board of Directors of the Florida Association of School Business Officials (FASBO) has embarked on the creation of a Professional Certification Program. 

Recognizing the importance of attaining professionalism for school business officials, not only with regard to acquired knowledge and experience, but also in terms of the recognition and respect of peers and other professionals, FASBO’s Board of Directors established its Professional Certification Program in 2009.

The Program offers both acknowledgment and recognition for professionals at all levels of school business management. Certification is a way of recognizing those individuals with the background, training, and on-the-job experience to meet recognized standards of professional competence.

For more information go to https://fasbo.org/FASBO_Certification.

Upcoming Events
27
Jul 2023
 
July 27th, DoubleTree at SeaWorld, Orlando FL
The FASBO board is working diligently on the program and hop to have it wrapped up by the 27th!
Industry News & Trends
The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for how Black history should be taught in the state’s public schools, sparking criticism from education and civil rights advocates who said students should be allowed to learn the “full truth” of American history. (NBC News)
School districts are training teachers on generative AI and encouraging them to experiment with the tools for lesson planning and remedial help. (The Hechinger Report)
About 29% of school and district members of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center have reported being victims of a cyber incident, some of which included data breaches. Here’s how schools can improve their approach to managing critical data. (EdTech)
West Virginia University is promoting a project through its extension program whose goal is to teach kids and families how to grow and cook their own food in an effort to boost nutrition and affordability. (The 74)