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September/October 2004

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IASB Publications
2921 Baker Drive
Springfield 62703
217/528-9688, extension 1131

• Financing fitness
  Keeping kids, budgets healthy by Ginger Wheeler
  Even with daily mandated physical education, students in Illinois may not get enough exercise. With more dollars earmarked for reading and math instruction, how can a school district balance finances and still provide facilities, teachers and curriculum to keep students fit?
  Sidebar: Getting together on solutions

• It's a daily battle to win obesity war
  by Linda Dawson
  No one contributing factor outweighs any other when it comes to battling weight problems for a lifetime.

• Retention: A last resort
  by Bradley Rasch
  A former Roselle SD 12 board member says tightening promotion criteria is not the way to ensure that students meet standards and could cause bigger problems.

• Board boldly goes into unusual realms
  by Louis Obermuefemann
  Strategic planning and a bold vision have led the Hoyleton CCSD 29 school board into areas that many larger districts only dream about.

• Practical PR: Making Fitness Count
  by Melea Smith
  How can a school district with a PE budget of $2 per student at the high school level and less in lower grades focus on health and wellness … and achieve success? Naperville CUSD 203 found the answer.

• Building relationships one booth at a time
  by Linda Dawson
  Exhibitors anticipate the IASB/IASA/IASBO Joint Annual Conference in Chicago each year as a way to build relationships rather than a time for hard-sell tactics.

• Ask The Staff: Political activity, gifts face tougher scrutiny
  by Melinda Selbee

• Bulletproof your system’s image
  by Susan Rountree Salter
  Some district image problems might avoid becoming large headlines in the local newspaper if school boards heed this advice.