Testimonials
Dr. Cyndi Paik, Superintendent, Westminster School District:
As a Superintendent with first-hand experience with Federal Program Monitoring (FPM) reviews, I can attest to the importance of the Superintendent’s understanding of the demands that an FPM review places on district and school staff and the need for sufficient support for meeting those demands. If your district is in need of additional outside support to address all the legal, programmatic, and fiscal requirements of programs included in your FPM review, I highly recommend Dr. Boese for his expertise and effectiveness in supporting districts to have successful FPM reviews.
I first met Dr. Boese when I served as the Administrative Director of Accountability and Special Programs at Orange Unified School District during an Onsite FPM review, for which he was the Compensatory Education (CE) Reviewer for Title I, Part A programs. Dr. Boese worked with me and other LEA administrators in an open and supportive manner to address a number of program and fiscal issues the district needed to address.
After this review, I contacted a colleague at the Orange County Department of Education to initiate a full-day Title I Technical Assistance Workshop presented by Dr. Boese for all districts in the county and larger region, which was the first such workshop offered by a CE Reviewer with the California Department of Education (CDE). In the following year, we presented a workshop at the California Title I Conference on “the FPM CE Review as a Collaborative Learning Process.”
Dr. Larry Boese recently provided effective Federal Program Monitoring (FPM) Success support to Westminster School District recently in 2018-19 to help the district complete its Online FPM review with zero findings for three reviewed programs. I can personally attest to Dr. Boese’s integrity and expertise as an educational consult as well as his ability to address complex issues and work with LEA and school administrators and staff in a collegial and collaborative manner. In addition to supporting LEAs with FPM reviews, he is committed to helping LEAs provide the best education possible to all students and especially those most in need of additional support to succeed.
As a Superintendent with first-hand experience with Federal Program Monitoring (FPM) reviews, I can attest to the importance of the Superintendent’s understanding of the demands that an FPM review places on district and school staff and the need for sufficient support for meeting those demands. If your district is in need of additional outside support to address all the legal, programmatic, and fiscal requirements of programs included in your FPM review, I highly recommend Dr. Boese for his expertise and effectiveness in supporting districts to have successful FPM reviews.
I first met Dr. Boese when I served as the Administrative Director of Accountability and Special Programs at Orange Unified School District during an Onsite FPM review, for which he was the Compensatory Education (CE) Reviewer for Title I, Part A programs. Dr. Boese worked with me and other LEA administrators in an open and supportive manner to address a number of program and fiscal issues the district needed to address.
After this review, I contacted a colleague at the Orange County Department of Education to initiate a full-day Title I Technical Assistance Workshop presented by Dr. Boese for all districts in the county and larger region, which was the first such workshop offered by a CE Reviewer with the California Department of Education (CDE). In the following year, we presented a workshop at the California Title I Conference on “the FPM CE Review as a Collaborative Learning Process.”
Dr. Larry Boese recently provided effective Federal Program Monitoring (FPM) Success support to Westminster School District recently in 2018-19 to help the district complete its Online FPM review with zero findings for three reviewed programs. I can personally attest to Dr. Boese’s integrity and expertise as an educational consult as well as his ability to address complex issues and work with LEA and school administrators and staff in a collegial and collaborative manner. In addition to supporting LEAs with FPM reviews, he is committed to helping LEAs provide the best education possible to all students and especially those most in need of additional support to succeed.
Mercedes Hubschmitt, Director of Learning Support Services, Poway Unified School District:
Dr. Larry Boese provided very helpful support for our Federal Program Monitoring (FPM) Review. Initially, our district was selected for the review of eight programs. Dr. Boese’s expertise on the FPM process from beginning to end proved to be extremely valuable.
In preparation for our FPM review, Dr. Boese shared resources related to the specific programs and provided clarification of evidence requests as needed. As we began submitting our evidence, Dr. Boese was always willing to provide feedback and sample documents when requested.
One of the most valuable aspects of Dr. Boese’s services was his on-site support. As our reviews were both at the district and site levels, Dr. Boese was able to support our site leaders in reviewing their evidence documents and providing both suggestions and specific feedback.
We found Dr. Boese to be highly responsive to questions, proactive in anticipating needs, diligent in checking in, and able to provide support in a timely manner. He was a wonderful support to our process, providing peace of mind and ensuring a successful review.
Dr. Larry Boese provided very helpful support for our Federal Program Monitoring (FPM) Review. Initially, our district was selected for the review of eight programs. Dr. Boese’s expertise on the FPM process from beginning to end proved to be extremely valuable.
In preparation for our FPM review, Dr. Boese shared resources related to the specific programs and provided clarification of evidence requests as needed. As we began submitting our evidence, Dr. Boese was always willing to provide feedback and sample documents when requested.
One of the most valuable aspects of Dr. Boese’s services was his on-site support. As our reviews were both at the district and site levels, Dr. Boese was able to support our site leaders in reviewing their evidence documents and providing both suggestions and specific feedback.
We found Dr. Boese to be highly responsive to questions, proactive in anticipating needs, diligent in checking in, and able to provide support in a timely manner. He was a wonderful support to our process, providing peace of mind and ensuring a successful review.
Rick Mayfield, Director of Learning and Achievement, San Luis Coastal Unified School District:
Dr. Larry Boese was a big help with our recent Federal Program Monitoring (FPM) Review. He visited our district for 2 days to provide Hands-On FPM workshops over three months before our scheduled review, met with all departments involved with the programs included in our FPM review, constructed a spreadsheet with all of the evidence requests for each program, and got us all on track with what was expected during the review. It helped to set us up for success.
Dr. Boese helped with all five of the programs in our FPM, including Compensatory Education (CE), English Learners (EL), Fiscal Monitoring (FM), Physical Education (PE), and Homeless Education (HE). He gave detailed answers to any and all of our questions pertaining to each program. His background and knowledge was most helpful. Dr. Boese was given access to our CMT, and he followed up with reviewing documents and helping us respond to requests the FPM reviewers had of our district.
Dr. Boese's knowledge of CE and the intricacies of all of the evidence requests was invaluable. He was very helpful in the more complicated areas of time accounting. He would go through evidence requests in great detail and advise on proper procedures. Whenever I came upon an especially challenging request, I knew I could turn to Dr. Boese and get good advice. With his help we ended up with no findings for 4 of the 5 programs reviewed and only 3 findings for one of the programs.
I highly recommend the services of Dr. Larry Boese. His knowledgeable guidance and recommendations were invaluable to us. His fees were reasonable and well worth the expense. His timely responses were greatly appreciated and saved us a lot of time in the long run.
Dr. Larry Boese was a big help with our recent Federal Program Monitoring (FPM) Review. He visited our district for 2 days to provide Hands-On FPM workshops over three months before our scheduled review, met with all departments involved with the programs included in our FPM review, constructed a spreadsheet with all of the evidence requests for each program, and got us all on track with what was expected during the review. It helped to set us up for success.
Dr. Boese helped with all five of the programs in our FPM, including Compensatory Education (CE), English Learners (EL), Fiscal Monitoring (FM), Physical Education (PE), and Homeless Education (HE). He gave detailed answers to any and all of our questions pertaining to each program. His background and knowledge was most helpful. Dr. Boese was given access to our CMT, and he followed up with reviewing documents and helping us respond to requests the FPM reviewers had of our district.
Dr. Boese's knowledge of CE and the intricacies of all of the evidence requests was invaluable. He was very helpful in the more complicated areas of time accounting. He would go through evidence requests in great detail and advise on proper procedures. Whenever I came upon an especially challenging request, I knew I could turn to Dr. Boese and get good advice. With his help we ended up with no findings for 4 of the 5 programs reviewed and only 3 findings for one of the programs.
I highly recommend the services of Dr. Larry Boese. His knowledgeable guidance and recommendations were invaluable to us. His fees were reasonable and well worth the expense. His timely responses were greatly appreciated and saved us a lot of time in the long run.
Elisa Holston-Arteaga, Director of Learning Support, La Mesa-Spring Valley School District:
Dr. Larry Boese played a key role in helping us to have a very successful FPM review that resulted in zero findings. Seven areas were reviewed (FM, EL, ITQ, CE, EES, EE and UCP). Larry’s support was instrumental long before the actual review, with pre-review services through which he provided valuable guidance in interpreting evidence requests and reviewing documents to ensure requirements were reflected in the evidence prior to certification and the uploading deadline. He met with the FPM teams to review each instrument, set them on the path to accurate documentation, and monitored their evidence throughout the upload process, providing feedback and suggestions. His work also included direct assistance to site principals.
Once the review began, Larry was proactive and incredibly responsive in providing advice, direction, and suggestions to address concerns and provide clarifications that arose during the review process. He responded immediately to emails, arranged phone conferences, and made himself available during the on-site review. This was particularly beneficial in areas where we did not have in-house expertise.
The peace of mind that Larry provided is beyond words. We could rely not only on his technical expertise to navigate the sometimes ambiguous requests but also on his years of experience as a reviewer to guide us through the system and reassure us throughout the process.
I highly recommend Dr. Larry Boese if you are in need of support for your FPM review or for navigating LEA and school requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for Title I and other federal programs.
Dr. Larry Boese played a key role in helping us to have a very successful FPM review that resulted in zero findings. Seven areas were reviewed (FM, EL, ITQ, CE, EES, EE and UCP). Larry’s support was instrumental long before the actual review, with pre-review services through which he provided valuable guidance in interpreting evidence requests and reviewing documents to ensure requirements were reflected in the evidence prior to certification and the uploading deadline. He met with the FPM teams to review each instrument, set them on the path to accurate documentation, and monitored their evidence throughout the upload process, providing feedback and suggestions. His work also included direct assistance to site principals.
Once the review began, Larry was proactive and incredibly responsive in providing advice, direction, and suggestions to address concerns and provide clarifications that arose during the review process. He responded immediately to emails, arranged phone conferences, and made himself available during the on-site review. This was particularly beneficial in areas where we did not have in-house expertise.
The peace of mind that Larry provided is beyond words. We could rely not only on his technical expertise to navigate the sometimes ambiguous requests but also on his years of experience as a reviewer to guide us through the system and reassure us throughout the process.
I highly recommend Dr. Larry Boese if you are in need of support for your FPM review or for navigating LEA and school requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for Title I and other federal programs.
Susan Stocks, Ed.D., Director of Special Programs, Anaheim Union High School District:
It is my pleasure to recommend Dr. Larry Boese as a consultant to provide assistance with Title I and other Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) programs. I have known Larry for about 5 years. I think that our first conversation occurred when I had some questions pertaining to the Title I, Part A program, and I called California Department of Education’s (CDE) Title I Monitoring and Support Office. Larry was very professional, knowledgeable, and helpful. He has recently retired from CDE, and I am certain that he must be missed!
Larry also served as CDE’s reviewer for Anaheim Union High School District’s (AUHSD’s) Compensatory Education (CE) programs on two separate Federal Program Monitoring (FPM) reviews, first in March 2014, and then again in October 2015. I am very happy to report that during the more recent on-site review in 2015, AUHSD did not have any CE findings.
Larry is extremely thorough, and during the review process, I sincerely appreciated his clear and timely recommendations to address any CE Items pertaining to district-level and school-level Title I programs that needed more work. His highly effective on-site monitoring assistance/feedback, allowed us the opportunity to address all Title I, Part A requirements before the end of the FPM CE review, which resulted in no CE findings.
Additionally, Larry is a very effective presenter of complex information. He presents information in a way that educational practitioners in local education agencies (LEAs) can understand. He has presented frequently at California Title I Conferences, during FPM CE Training sessions, and at workshops hosted by the Orange County Department of Education and other county offices of education (COEs). I have attended several of his trainings over the years, which have always proved to be beneficial.
I highly recommend Dr. Larry Boese for any services that your school district or COE may need for an upcoming FPM Review, or for better understanding and implementing ESSA for Title I and other programs in your LEA and schools.
It is my pleasure to recommend Dr. Larry Boese as a consultant to provide assistance with Title I and other Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) programs. I have known Larry for about 5 years. I think that our first conversation occurred when I had some questions pertaining to the Title I, Part A program, and I called California Department of Education’s (CDE) Title I Monitoring and Support Office. Larry was very professional, knowledgeable, and helpful. He has recently retired from CDE, and I am certain that he must be missed!
Larry also served as CDE’s reviewer for Anaheim Union High School District’s (AUHSD’s) Compensatory Education (CE) programs on two separate Federal Program Monitoring (FPM) reviews, first in March 2014, and then again in October 2015. I am very happy to report that during the more recent on-site review in 2015, AUHSD did not have any CE findings.
Larry is extremely thorough, and during the review process, I sincerely appreciated his clear and timely recommendations to address any CE Items pertaining to district-level and school-level Title I programs that needed more work. His highly effective on-site monitoring assistance/feedback, allowed us the opportunity to address all Title I, Part A requirements before the end of the FPM CE review, which resulted in no CE findings.
Additionally, Larry is a very effective presenter of complex information. He presents information in a way that educational practitioners in local education agencies (LEAs) can understand. He has presented frequently at California Title I Conferences, during FPM CE Training sessions, and at workshops hosted by the Orange County Department of Education and other county offices of education (COEs). I have attended several of his trainings over the years, which have always proved to be beneficial.
I highly recommend Dr. Larry Boese for any services that your school district or COE may need for an upcoming FPM Review, or for better understanding and implementing ESSA for Title I and other programs in your LEA and schools.
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Jeanette Ganahl, Education Administrator of the California Department of Education (CDE) Title I Monitoring and Support Office - Retired:
As an Education Programs Consult in the CDE Title I Monitoring and Support Office (TIMSO) during the years I was the Education Administrator for the office, Dr. Larry Boese was very dedicated and knowledgeable as a Compensatory Education (CE) Reviewer during FPM reviews. Dr. Boese always worked very collegially with Title I LEA and school staff during On-site and Online FPM CE Reviews to assist them in meeting requirements for as many CE Items as possible both before and during the reviews.
Dr. Boese has a very deep and comprehensive understanding of Title I, Part A and related program legal requirements, including those that have changed as the result of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Dr. Boese is a highly effective presenter of complex information in a way the educational practitioners in local education agencies (LEAs) can understand. He has presented frequently at California Title I Conferences, during annual LEA FPM CE Training sessions, and at workshops hosted by the Sacramento County Office of Education, the Orange County Department of Education, and other county offices of education (COEs).
I highly recommend Dr. Larry Boese for any services that your school district or COE may need for an upcoming FPM Review or for better understanding and implementing ESSA for Title I and other programs in your LEA and schools.
As an Education Programs Consult in the CDE Title I Monitoring and Support Office (TIMSO) during the years I was the Education Administrator for the office, Dr. Larry Boese was very dedicated and knowledgeable as a Compensatory Education (CE) Reviewer during FPM reviews. Dr. Boese always worked very collegially with Title I LEA and school staff during On-site and Online FPM CE Reviews to assist them in meeting requirements for as many CE Items as possible both before and during the reviews.
Dr. Boese has a very deep and comprehensive understanding of Title I, Part A and related program legal requirements, including those that have changed as the result of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Dr. Boese is a highly effective presenter of complex information in a way the educational practitioners in local education agencies (LEAs) can understand. He has presented frequently at California Title I Conferences, during annual LEA FPM CE Training sessions, and at workshops hosted by the Sacramento County Office of Education, the Orange County Department of Education, and other county offices of education (COEs).
I highly recommend Dr. Larry Boese for any services that your school district or COE may need for an upcoming FPM Review or for better understanding and implementing ESSA for Title I and other programs in your LEA and schools.