Or, Don’t Use Your Credit Card to Buy Groceries (and Don’t use Bonds to Buy Technology) I was walking by Fort Point in San Francisco (you’ll know the spot from Hitchcock’s “Vertigo”). I fell into conversation with a guy who, by coincidence, was a new customer at the bank where I worked. He went on to
Arson
FIRE ACCOUNTING Click on the link for my manual on school arson. I have dealt with three major school fires in my career. And believe me, there was no manual. The first thing I did ten years ago when confronted with my first school fire was to Google “accounting for school fires” and couldn’t find anything terribly useful. I
Workarounds
Not too long ago I put this one word sign on my desk: Workaround? The meaning being that I should constantly ask myself “Is this a workaround?” If yes, fix the root cause. Perhaps I am working around a person I don’t trust? That has to be addressed too. Workarounds arise when you have to
Technology and Job Descriptions
When you work in the Business Office, you have to stick your nose into everyone’s business. For example I remember getting involved in a controversy about job descriptions for clerical positions at school sites. Wouldn’t that be an issue between Human Resources and school principals, you ask? Well, no. Not when you are charged with
Inventory, Computers and Mobile Devices
If you work in a large enough district long enough you’ll experience not just one but multiple instances of major property loss. These losses are not just the result of theft, but are due to fires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, and tornados to name just some of the most common forms of catastrophic property loss. Then,