Case Study: Kenowa Hills Public Schools improves budget forecasting and boosts breakfast participation with LINQ ERP

A Strategic K-12 CFO Approaches Funding and Cost Challenges with Data-Driven Solutions

Kenowa Hills Public Schools, a school district in Michigan, was facing the common K-12 challenges of rising costs, funding uncertainty, and declining enrollment, which significantly impacts its budget. To address these difficulties, the district turned to the vendor LINQ and its LINQ ERP product to gain a stronger data-driven foundation for its financial and operational decisions.

By implementing LINQ ERP, the district gained a single source of truth with accurate, real-time data. This allowed the finance director to create accurate two-year budget forecasts, make informed investments in enrollment-driving programs, and identify new revenue opportunities. The solutions from LINQ yielded significant results, including the ability to plan multi-year budgets with confidence and a initiative that quadrupled high school breakfast participation from 70 to 300 students daily.

Kenowa Hills Public Schools

John Gilchrist

Director of Finance & Support Staff HR