This guide unpacks the relative benefits of allocating resources based on the need versus the readiness of schools and offers examples of the way systems across the county have managed this tension.

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School-Based Budget Decision Making with District-Facilitated Support

To support school leaders in building decision-making skills and autonomy around school-based budgeting, Hopkins Public Schools provided...

Flexibly Redeploying Classified Staff to Student Support

Monterey Peninsula Unified School District creatively leveraged personnel, particularly staff whose capacities were freed up, to address...

Empathy Interviews and Co-Design Sessions

Monterey Peninsula took a design-thinking approach to identify challenges, listen to students, and co-design solutions.