Winning School Referenda

With limited dollars earmarked for education, many communities are turning to school referenda as a way to fund initiatives not covered by federal, state and local funds, or grants and gifts. Winning School Referenda gives all stakeholders in the referenda process proven strategies for getting funding for their school improvement initiatives. The authors present three keys to success: establish open communication and trust between the community and school administration; use known political strategies, such as voter analysis, public relations tactics, technology, surveys, and poll watchers; and plan your referendum campaign well in advance of election day. Winning School Referenda gives busy educators and inexperienced parent volunteers a specific, straightforward, sequential, step-by-step guide of winning strategies that will help convince voters to support your school or district funding initiative at the polls. Overcome the critical challenges to this process by learning how to analyze voting patterns, set up committees, run a phone bank, canvass and poll watch, and get out the vote.Bauer, Susan R. is the author of 'Winning School Referenda', published 2006 under ISBN 9781934009031 and ISBN 1934009032.