School District Services

AB 1200-FISCAL OVERSIGHT

This service area monitors the financial and budgetary activities of school districts.

Rebecca Olker, Executive Director, Fiscal Services (831) 466-5630

Support Staff:
Alejandro Martinez, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5620
Natia Ambrosi, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5622
Lauren Demasi, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5612
Karlee Suba, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5629

APPORTIONMENTS

This service area records school district revenue apportioned by the California Department of Education.

Rebecca Olker, Executive Director, Fiscal Services (831) 466-5630

Support Staff:
Lauren Demasi, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5612
Karlee Suba, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5629

ATTENDANCE REPORTS – ADA (Average Daily Attendance)

This service area provides assistance to school districts and compiles student enrollment and ADA reports.

Rebecca Olker, Executive Director, Fiscal Services (831) 466-5630

Support Staff:
Alejandro Martinez, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5620

BUDGET AND FINANCIAL REPORTS

This service area coordinates and assists school districts in the development of annual budgets and the completion of year-end financial reports.

Rebecca Olker, Executive Director, Fiscal Services (831) 466-5630

Support Staff:
Alejandro Martinez, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5620
Natia Ambrosi, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5622
Lauren Demasi, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5612
Karlee Suba, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5629

CASH RECONCILIATION

This service area records various accounting transactions for school districts.

Rebecca Olker, Executive Director, Fiscal Services (831) 466-5630

Support Staff:
Alejandro Martinez, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5620
Natia Ambrosi, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5622
Lauren Demasi, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5612
Karlee Suba, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5629

CHARTER SCHOOL SUPPORT

This service area provides assistance to Charter Schools on fiscal-related matters and may also provide payroll and budgetary-related services as part of service agreements.

Rebecca Olker, Executive Director, Fiscal Services (831) 466-5630
Melissa Lopez, Director, Fiscal Services (831) 466-5616

COMMERCIAL WARRANTS

This service area reviews and approves vendor payments for school districts.

Michelle Kennedy, Manager, Fiscal Services (831) 466-5618

Support Staff:
Sonora Piumarta, Account Specialist IV (831) 466-5626

DEVELOPER FEES

This service area receives revenue for developer fees for school districts and forwards the deposits to the County Treasurer’s Office.

Rebecca Olker, Executive Director, Fiscal Services (831) 466-5630

Support Staff:
Sonora Piumarta, Account Specialist IV (831) 466-5626
Rith Mean-Hill, Senior Executive Assistant (831) 466-5601

TECHNOLOGY-BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS

This service area assists the business users in every school district in Santa Cruz County by operating and supporting a fully integrated, automated business software system which provides payroll, accounts payable, purchasing, budgeting and other financial services.

Monica Beverly, Director, Technology-Business Information Systems (831) 466-5881

Support Staff:
Reed Scriven, Senior Systems Support Liaison (831) 466-5885
Maren Peduto, Systems Support Liaison (831) 466-5884
Lupe Rodriguez, Systems Support Liaison (831) 466-5883

JOINT POWERS AGREEMENTS (JPA) ACCOUNTING

This service area records accounting transactions and develops financial reports for the Property and Liability, Health, and Workers Compensation programs which are administered by the County Office.

Liann Reyes, Deputy Superintendent, Business Services (831) 466-5602

Support Staff:
Lauren Demasi, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5612

PAYROLL

This service area reviews, approves, and processes payrolls for the 10 school districts in our county.

Mallory Sainsbury, Manager, Payroll COE Internal (831) 466-5718
Stephany Rice,  Manager, Retirement/Payroll External (831) 466-5617

Support Staff:
Michele Sossoyan-Rix, Senior Account Specialist IV, CalSTRS/Cal PERS Retirement Reporting (831) 466-5612
Jose Gaeta, Senior Account Specialist IV, STRS Retirement Reporting (831) 466-5621
Lei Dai, Account Specialist IV, Payroll Auditor (831) 466-5611

Internal Payroll (COE Employees)
Jackie Nicholson, Senior Account Specialist IV, Benefits (831) 466-5614
Jaclyn Klair, Account Specialist IV, Payroll (831) 466-5615
Renee Cerruti, Account Specialist IV, Payroll Support (831) 466-5624

External Payroll (District Support)
Lei Dai, Payroll Auditor(831) 466-5611
Janice Berven, Payroll Tax Desk (831) 466-5613
Michele Sossoyan-Rix, CalPERS/CalSTRS Retirement Reporting(831) 466-5603
Jose Gaeta, Senior Account Specialist IV, CalSTRS Retirement Reporting (831) 466-5621

REVENUE DEPOSITS

This service area records revenues received by the school districts and forwards to the County Treasurer’s Office for deposit in district accounts.

Rebecca Olker, Executive Director, Fiscal Services (831) 466-5630

Support Staff:
Lauren Demasi, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5612
Karlee Suba, Financial Analyst (831) 466-5629

SCHOOL BASED MEDI-CAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES

This service area provides Medi-Cal Administrative activities program training, coordination, and claims to local school districts in a four-county region.

Liann Reyes, Deputy Superintendent, Business Services (831) 466-5602

Support Staff:
Tina Reger, Project Coordinator, SMAA/LEC (831) 466-5634
Karen Schneider, Clerical Assistant, SMAA/LEC (831) 466-5632