Case Study: Cincinnati Public Schools achieves real-time, data-driven budget and operations management with PowerSchool Unified Insights Business Operations

Cincinnati Public Schools Uses Business Dashboards for Data-Driven Decision Making

Cincinnati Public Schools, Ohio’s fastest-growing large-city district serving 36,000 students across 65 schools, needed faster, more accurate financial insight to support a new data-driven strategic plan. When COVID-19 hit and the Board adopted a temporary three-month budget, leaders had to quickly manage tight encumbrances, approvals and evolving expenses with limited time and resources.

By implementing PowerSchool Unified Insights Business Operations alongside their BusinessPlus financial system, the district rolled out secure, real-time dashboards and ad-hoc reports that give managers role-based visibility into budgets, requisitions, approvals and unpaid invoices. The dashboards enabled proactive interventions, reduced requisition rejections through improved processes and training, improved invoice timeliness, and supported faster, data-driven decisions that protected the budget and streamlined business operations.

Cincinnati Public Schools

Michael Gustin

Director of Business Technology