ON-DEMAND WEBINAR
From $60M Deficit to $90M Win: A District Leader’s Scheduling Playbook
with Hartford Public Schools
🗓️ 40 minute recording
When Hartford Public Schools faced a $60 million structural deficit, its district leaders turned to scheduling data, building a school-by-school staffing model that reduced staffing by 20 FTEs across its 11 high schools and identified $2 million in savings without requiring a single layoff. In addition to realizing these budget savings, this scheduling data became the foundation for a legislative case that won the district $90 million in incremental state and city aid over two years.
In this video, Caitlin Richard, Hartford’s former CFO, joins Timely and AASA to share how turning the master schedule into a budgeting tool changed the conversation, both inside her district and at the state level.
You'll learn:
- How to target staffing reductions through attrition and reassignment instead of layoffs
- How to get finance and school leaders operating from the same staffing and scheduling data
- How to build the case, as a CFO, for being a part of the district’s master scheduling team
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Speakers
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Caitlin Richard is Chief Financial Officer at Metro Nashville Public Schools. She joins MNPS after serving as CFO of Hartford Public Schools, where she led the district through a period of significant fiscal challenge, including navigating a projected $90 million budget deficit. During her tenure, she also spearheaded a scheduling partnership with Timely that reduced secondary staffing by roughly 20 FTEs and saved the district approximately $2 million — without layoffs.
Jake Lessem is a Director of School Success at Timely and former teacher with nearly two decades in the classroom. Over the last 15+ years he has provided strategic scheduling consulting to dozens of middle and high schools across the country.
Dave Bosch is a Director of School Success at Timely and a former founding member of a K-8 charter school in St. Louis, where he served as classroom teacher, instructional coach, assistant principal, and ultimately Head of School. With more than 15 years in education, he's built and led school systems from the ground up—with a leadership approach rooted in strong, authentic relationships that drive organizational success.