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Need Technology? You could spend two months and $2,500 in staff time going to bid ... or (the smart choice) ... Go to www.PEPPM.org and buy the technology you need right now with • legal, • piggybackable, • bid-protected contracts. PEPPM is a cost-effective and bid-protected source for all your school technology purchases. This instrument of government is a national program that provides public sector agencies with competitively priced, piggybackable bids for more than 250 brands of technology products. PEPPM is authorized by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and is a service initiative of the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit. DistrictAdministration SEPTEMBER 2010 EDITORIAL solutions for school District management Volume 46 Number 8 Editorial Director Joseph J. Hanson Publisher Daniel E. Kinnaman Editor in Chief Judy Faust Hartnett jhartnett@districtadministration.com Senior Editor Angela Pascopella apascopella@districtadministration.com Products Editor Kurt Eisele-Dyrli kdyrli@districtadministration.com Associate Editor Marion Herbert mherbert@districtadministration.com Copy Editors Don Parker-Burgard, Lynn Russo Whylly Editorial Interns Eric A. Clayton eclayton@districtadministration.com KeriLee Horan khoran@districtadministration.com Contributing Writers Kevin Butler, Alan Dessoff, Eamonn O’Donovan, Christopher Griffin, Cathleen Norris, Scott Poland, Ron Schachter, Elliot Soloway, Gary S. Stager, Ken Trump ART Art Director Susan Rohal-Corbett srohalcorbett@promediagrp.com A/V Production and Graphic Designer Brian Kelly Art Production Coordinator and Designer Edie Hagendoorn DA BLOGS Tech Disruptions blog by Cathleen Norris & Elliot Soloway blogs.DistrictAdministration.com/techdisruptions Product Posts blog by Kurt Eisele-Dyrli, Products Editor blogs.DistrictAdministration.com/productsblog DA ONLINE CIO David Brennan dbrennan@promediagrp.com Director of Interactive Business Strategy Stephanie Martinez smartinez@promediagrp.com Senior Web Project Manager Sharon A. Rieger Database Analyst Georgia Langner Network Administrator Marco Lopes Web Editors Judy Faust Hartnett jhartnett@districtadministration.com Angela Pascopella apascopella@districtadministration.com Web Seminar Director J.D. Solomon jdsolomon@promediagrp.com Web Seminar Producer Jennifer Corrigan jcorrigan@promediagrp.com ADVERTISING SALES Associate Publisher East Coast Sales Manager George Halo ghalo@districtadministration.com (609) 242-4294 Fax: (908) 765-0300 Central Sales Manager Terry Nelson tnelson@districtadministration.com (815) 356-5509 Fax: (815) 356-5640 West Coast Sales Manager George Saroyan gsaroyan@districtadministration.com (951) 415-2423 Fax: (866) 382-3782 Guides & Directories Katie MacArthur kmacarthur@promedia.com (203) 663-0123 Fax: (203) 663-0149 Executive Job Search Gloria Williams (203) 663-0101 gwilliams@promediagroup.com, www.DistrictAdministration.com/viewjob.aspx Ad Traffic Manager Rosetta Moore rmoore@promediagrp.com (203) 663-0102 Fax: (203) 663-0153 CUSTOM PUBLISHING For information regarding custom publishing, contact your sales manager or J.D. Solomon at jdsolomon@districtadministration.com M A R K E T I N G & A D M I N I S T R AT I O N Director of Marketing and Communications Matt Kinnaman Director of Custom Media J.D. Solomon Director of Account Services Susan D. Charamut Conference and Tradeshow Manager Ellen Boyer Bookkeeper Sophia Mirra Circulation Coordinator Frances Cassone Executive Assistant Lilly Holman Operations Assistant Gloria Williams Collections Coordinator Elizabeth Portillo PROFESSIONAL MEDIA GROUP LLC Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Hanson President and Publisher Daniel E. Kinnaman CIO David Brennan Director of Interactive Business Strategy Stephanie Martinez Director of Finance, Operations and Human Resources Donna Levin Director of Circulation and Production Dana Kubicko Editor in Chief Emeritus Odvard Egil Dyrli Publisher Emeritus Howard A. Reed REPRINTS/PERMISSIONS Reprints are available at a nominal cost. For more information contact Rosetta Moore at (203) 663-0102. SUBSCRIPTIONS Send address changes to Fran Cassone, District Administration, 488 Main Ave., Norwalk, CT 06851 circulation@promediagrp.com SUBMISSIONS Send story ideas to editor before sending unsolicited manuscripts. District ADministrAtion assumes no liability for the return of unsolicited materials. HOW TO REACH US 488 Main Ave., Norwalk, CT 06851, Phone: (203) 663-0100, Fax: (203) 663-0149, Editorial Fax: (203) 663-0148 Web Site www.DistrictAdministration.com 6 September 2010 District Administration http://www.PEPPM.org http://blogs.DistrictAdministration.com/techdisruptions http://blogs.DistrictAdministration.com/productsblog http://www.DistrictAdministration.com/viewjob.aspx http://www.peppm.org http://www.DistrictAdministration.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - September 2010

District Administration - September 2010
Contents
From the Editor
News Update
Inside the Law
Conversations
District Profile
Administrator Profile
A Salary Recession for School Administrators?
Working Hard in the Big Easy
School Safety Gets the Ax
Keeping Schools Safe during Challenging times
Google and Microsoft Go to School
A Bull Market for Financial Literacy
Problem/ Solution
Tech Disruptions
Student Counsel
Product Focus
New Products
Superintendent’s Insights

District Administration - September 2010