Brendan P. Walsh
Founder, Researcher, Writer, CxO
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Presentations
GPPSS Budget Modeling and Benchmark Presentation
April 25, 2023
Let’s Talk About Support Services
January 20, 2023
No Country for Optimists
November 17, 2022
Where Does GPPSS Higher Spending Go?
June 25, 2022
GPPSS Benchmark Report
June 19, 2022
The Truth About GPPSS Taxes
June 12, 2022
Proposal A Makes Its Case
November 26, 2021
GPPSS 2021 Audit Analysis
November 19, 2021
Dwindling Hold Harmless Advantage
November 11, 2021
Enrollment Woes and the “C Word”
November 5, 2021
Benchmarking Median Home Values
March 6, 2021
Benchmark Project: What Problem Are We Trying to Solve?
March 1, 2021
Benchmark Project: Background and Index
February 16, 2021
Benchmark Project: Understanding Borders
February 15, 2021
Benchmark Project: Property Values
February 9, 2021
Benchmark Project: Traditional Districts Losing in School Choice Game
January 24, 2021
Benchmark Project: Enrollment, Population, and Marketshare
January 18, 2021
Benchmark Project: Readying for the Storm
January 3, 2021
Keeping it simple
November 4, 2018
Of Budgets and Bonds
October 28, 2018
Enrollment decline’s ferocious appetite
January 8, 2017
A ten year view of the problem
November 6, 2016
GPPSS audit reveals shortfall
November 5, 2016
Structural change or fingers in the dike?
May 22, 2016
The danger of ignoring total compensation
May 21, 2016
Back to the (ugly) future
May 15, 2016
Living on the edge
April 3, 2016
GPPSS return to 10% fund equity stalled
March 20, 2016
Finding the bottom
March 14, 2016
The difficult dynamic of enrollment and teacher salaries
March 13, 2016
Census population data analysis for the five Grosse Pointes
December 13, 2015
Smaller and older
December 8, 2015
Analysis of the 2015 GPPSS Financial Audit
November 22, 2015
GPPSS 2015 audit in three charts
November 17, 2015
One less controversy for future school votes
July 7, 2015
GPPSS’ rare, and difficult, position among Michigan districts
June 27, 2015
GPPSS’ 2016 budget will try where 2015 budget failed
June 22, 2015
GPPSS 2015 surplus lower than expected
May 31, 2015
The simple math of GPPSS budgets
April 2, 2015
Despite recent cuts, GPPSS salaries remain competitive
April 1, 2015
Enrollment trends challenge conventional thinking
March 8, 2015
GPPSS projects significant enrollment drop
February 27, 2015
10 observations on proposed Michigan School Aid Fund budget recommendation
February 19, 2015
Statewide and local fund equity analysis
February 1, 2015
A review of the 2014 GPPSS annual audit
November 30, 2014
GPPSS fund equity increase more than expected
November 25, 2014
GPPSS millage patterns worth noting
November 24, 2014
GPPSS board vote: A tale of 6 cities
November 6, 2014
Where did the $18M in fund equity go?
October 24, 2014
Retirement costs in the GPPSS
October 18, 2014
GPPSS in Granholm, Snyder Eras
October 12, 2014
Keep perspective on GPPSS teacher compensation
October 10, 2014
The Grosse Pointe teacher contract settlement of 2010
October 6, 2014
School board election 2014 update
September 27, 2014
Sinking sinking fund… and enrollment
July 30, 2014
Proposed GPPSS budget stays the course
June 23, 2014
Should Michigan have spent another $38b on K-12?
May 25, 2014
A review of GPPSS 2014-15 budget projections
May 18, 2014
Updated Financial Benchmark Report
May 4, 2014
Just another tricky day
April 29, 2014
Past bond ballot data
February 13, 2014
Smooth sailing in a stormy sea
February 9, 2014
Troubling Trends
January 19, 2014
Proposed Tech Bond Spending Breakdown
January 8, 2014
Test scores, wealth and seeing red
August 25, 2013
Farmington bond fails, bad sign for Grosse Pointe’s proposal
August 6, 2013
Pontiac’s Woes
June 21, 2013
Technology one area where state SHOULD meddle
May 6, 2013
2012-13 Financial State of the Grosse Pointe Public School System
November 29, 2012
Unbundling recent education reform activity in Michigan
November 14, 2012
Promoting GP schools more important than enrollment
November 10, 2012
New data Pointes in the tax debate
November 3, 2012
Suburban schools out-perform state in new, ignominious way
September 16, 2012
Is Grosse Pointe really a donor district?
September 3, 2012
Budget trend more important than point in time measure
June 30, 2012
Headwinds, tailwinds: 2012 Michigan K-12 Budget
June 10, 2012
GPPSS Financial Benchmark Report and Analysis
June 10, 2012
School aid bills vary only by amount of funding reduction
April 8, 2012
Midland report references “Grosse Pointe formula”
March 11, 2012
MPSERS reform report published
February 15, 2012
Budget development seeks employee feedback
February 13, 2012
New depths for old obligations
February 11, 2012
Charter schools and the outcasts
February 3, 2012
Addressing charges of out-of-control Board spending
January 19, 2012
Objective view of Michigan K-12 spending needed
January 8, 2012
Will K-12 emulate Borders or Amazon?
January 2, 2012
What public school districts can learn from Big 10 and PAC 12
December 29, 2011
Analysis of Michigan charter school revenues and expenses
December 22, 2011
Charter schools shameful sorting practice needs attention
December 21, 2011
If you seek an unpleasant legacy cost problem, look about you
December 4, 2011
Uncapping charters is reality, it’s time to compete
December 1, 2011
Updated financial benchmark report
November 29, 2011
Presentation on the financial state of the district
November 29, 2011
Public education needs to play Moneyball
October 31, 2011
Research on Michigan Senate Bill 624
October 29, 2011
Let’s differentiate extrinsic, intrinsic drivers for public education policy
October 14, 2011
A tale of two tests
September 8, 2011
Free and reduced lunch is a factor from top to bottom
September 2, 2011
What does pot law have to do with forced choice?
September 1, 2011
Board action addresses elementary class size concerns
August 12, 2011
