Projections
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Crisis Management
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Safety and Security
Independent schools must be resolute in providing the safest of havens where those wishing to do harm are quickly identified and weeded out.
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CEO Notebook
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Leadership
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Risk Management
After last week's heartbreaking shootings in Orlando, it's comforting to be spending this week among what I consider to be the best kind of professional company: independent school business officers and business office s
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Yes, your school is subject to OSHA regulations. And “common sense” precautions may not be legally compliant.
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Last month, more than 20 of your peers and colleagues spent 90 minutes asking one question after another of Grace Lee, NBOA Vice President Legal Affairs. The following week, some 360 schools participated in an NBOA webin
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Food Service
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Risk Management
How are independent schools handling allergens in their dining operations to prevent tragedies, abide by the law and serve food that is both healthy and affordable?
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Compliance
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Employee Benefits
From coaching staff, to long-term subs, answers to business officers’ most vexing questions about the Affordable Care Act.
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Risk Management
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Safety and Security
Schools get serious about establishing, documenting and following procedures to curb sexual abuse involving faculty and staff. “It takes a community to keep kids safe.”
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Each year we have a unique opportunity to recognize two colleagues who reflect our highest professional standards and our community's aspirations for excellence within independent school business and financial operations
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Risk Management
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Termination
Whether voluntary or not, faculty and staff departures are both inevitable and potentially fraught. Here’s how to get them right.
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Accommodating transgender staff and students, staffing on school-related overnights and travel, and employer joint liability in the context of independent contractors.
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A business officer's 40-year love affair with sailing.
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A former chief financial officer connected with the students at her school by chaperoning overnight trips.
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What’s in the FASB’s proposed changes to nonprofit financial statements? A look ahead.
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CEO Notebook
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Boards and Trustees
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Compliance
It's often been said that the only constant is change. As we enter another school year, this cliché is spot-on.
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Risk Management
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Technology
From the archives: A sinister email, a twisted digital trail and an eye-opening journey into the realm of cybersecurity. One school's story.
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Compliance
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Human Resources
Key questions that help you get the classification right.
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For U.S. independent day schools and boarding schools alike—and economically as well as culturally—there is much to like about the potential for an international student “homestay” program.
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CEO Notebook
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Culture
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Risk Management
Sometimes our busiest times are also our best times for breaking out of routines. This is apparent to me now, as I (like all of you) merge into the jam-packed agenda of the new school year. Two weeks ago, while speaking
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CEO Notebook
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Culture
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Risk Management
Last month I attended the NACUBO Annual Meeting in Seattle. It was a coming home of sorts, as I worked for the association for nearly a decade before joining NBOA. Besides re-connecting with former colleagues and friends
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