Frontline empowers strategic K-12 leaders with school administration software to proactively manage your human capital, business operations and special education.
For 25 years our team and products have been built as a result of seeing real needs within districts.
Frontline gives your teachers, staff, and administrators all of the tools they need, all in one place.
District finance leaders are being asked to plan further ahead, respond faster to uncertainty, and communicate financial decisions with greater clarity than ever before.
But many districts are still trying to do that work through disconnected spreadsheets and manual forecasting processes that limit visibility, slow decision-making, and make long-range planning harder to sustain.
At some point, the problem stops being spreadsheets.
The problem becomes confidence:
That’s why Iowa districts are beginning to rethink how financial planning gets done.
Join Frontline Education and IASB for a closer look at how districts are moving toward a more connected, data-driven approach to forecasting and strategic financial planning using Financial Planning Analytics Lite.
Developed in collaboration with IASB, Financial Planning Analytics Lite helps districts build projection models directly from Certified Annual Report (CAR) data — reducing manual forecasting work while creating clearer visibility into future financial scenarios.
In this session, you’ll see how districts are:
We’ll also share how early adopters can join the Iowa Financial Planning Cohort to collaborate and learn alongside peer districts.
If your district is looking for a more sustainable and strategic approach to financial planning, this session will help you see what’s possible.
Nicole Polizzi-Herzog works with school district leaders to strengthen financial planning and decision-making through data-driven analytics. She partners with districts to help transform complex financial data into actionable insight that supports sustainable planning, forecasting, and communication with stakeholders.
Lora Appenzeller supports school systems in using analytics and forecasting tools to improve long-range financial planning and operational decision-making. She helps district leaders streamline reporting processes, evaluate future financial scenarios, and build confidence in strategic planning conversations.
D.T. Magee serves as Executive Director of the Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB), where he works alongside district leaders to support effective governance, strategic leadership, and sustainable planning practices across Iowa schools.
Frontline Analytics helps school leaders make smarter, faster decisions by turning staffing, student, and financial data into clear, actionable insight. Financial Planning Analytics Lite enables districts to build multi-year financial projections directly from Certified Annual Report (CAR) data, helping teams reduce manual forecasting work, improve visibility into future financial scenarios, and communicate planning decisions with greater confidence.
By connecting financial data into a more sustainable planning process, districts can spend less time maintaining spreadsheets and more time making strategic decisions that support long-term stability.
