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Resource Planning Advisory

Overview

General Function

The Resource Planning Advisory group functions as a “Advisory Board” for the superintendent. As an advisory board, the group is utilized to provide non-binding advice. Members are not authorized to act for or make decisions on behalf of the district. Instead, they are a problem-solving method to be used to provide critical thinking, thorough analysis, and strategic insights to advise school leadership, who in turn will make decisions.

The Resource Planning Advisory Group’s function will be to discuss the overall trends of district financials and to support long-range financial planning. This may include the overview of total revenues and revenue projections, investment trajectories, and annual expenditures and projections.  The purpose is to focus on the larger picture of the total budget by viewing separate cost groupings, including (but not limited to):

  • Revenue Trends

  • Long-term Contracts

  • Debt Service

  • Personnel Cost Projections

Membership

The Resource Planning Advisory Group is composed of community members, district administration, school board and FCEA representation.  Community members are considered the sole “voting” members of the group when a consensus is sought. Members are selected by the superintendent based on their level of interest as well as their particular knowledge in a relevant area of long-range trend and budget planning. Knowledge areas may include finance, employment, education, real estate, and any other areas that may prove beneficial in regards to economic forecasting for the district. 

The size and scope of the advisory group is at the superintendent’s discretion. The superintendent may solicit interest from the community for new or replacement members.

Meetings

The group will hold meetings periodically as needed to review and update trend projections for long-range budget planning.  The group may also hold additional meetings between January and April, during budget preparation, to review administration’s budget recommendations prior to board action to ensure that it correlates to the long-range budget plan and revenue trajectories.

Members

Community Members

Matt Dunlap
Member since 2024

Robert Marsh
Member since 2015

Richard Meyer
Member since 1991

Kevin Romango
Member since 2012

Joel Weinstein
Member since 1991

Fox Chapel Area Educators Association Representative

Michael Frank
Member since 2021

Fox Chapel Area School Board Representatives

Marybeth Dadd
School Board President

Ron Frank
School Board Vice President

Eric Hamilton
School Board Treasurer

Fox Chapel Area School District Administration Representatives

Mary Catherine Reljac, Ed.D.
Superintendent

David McCommons, Ed.D.
Deputy Superintendent

Kimberly Pawlishak
Business Manager