WINTER 2023 Volume 32 32 FEATURE A Better Way Forward: How Districts Can (Re)create School for Every Child 54 CASE STUDY Taking a Strategic Budgeting Approach at Fresno Unified School District (CA) 67 CASE STUDY Bringing Students Back: Increasing Middle School Attendance at Bibb County School District (GA) STRATEGIC BUDGETING DMGroup’s Approach to Eective Resource Allocation A Publication of INTERVIEW Dr. Ray Hart Executive Director Council of the Great City Schools PAGE 6