Low-Effort, High-Impact Transparency
How Lake Zurich CUSD 95 Built a Sustainable Financial Dashboard
By Dean Romano, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent for Business & Operations
Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95
Let’s face it: School district finances aren’t exactly the stuff of bedtime stories. Numbers, spreadsheets and budget codes can make even the most dedicated taxpayer’s eyes glaze over faster than a kindergartener at a faculty meeting. Yet in Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 (LZ95), we’ve turned that yawn-inducing reality into something approachable, and almost engaging with our public-facing Financial Dashboard.