Walch Educational Consulting, LLC

Biography

Dr. John Walch has extensive experience from a 38-year career in Texas public education.  He has led many successful election campaigns.  He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989 with a school finance dissertation.  In the early 90's, Dr. Walch developed the Penny Pool model for equalized state funding.  He has been a campus administrator at elementary, middle, and high school level, central office administrator, and a superintendent for 13 years.  He also has TEA, TASA, and ESC experience, and has taught educational administration classes at three universities.  He has made presentations on rollback elections at the 2007 Equity Center Conference, at Regions 10, 11, 18, and 20 in 2008, and at Regions 3 and 11 in 2009.

Presentations

Rollback Elections, April 2008 - July 2009:

• Region 3 ASBO, Victoria
• Region 18 ESC, Midland
• Region 11 ESC, Fort Worth
• Region 10 ESC, Richardson
• Region 10 Workshop for Grayson County Boards.

Rollback Elections Update, Feb. 2008, Region 20 ESC.

The Rollback Election in Your Future, July 2007, Equity Center School Finance Conference.

An Update on Public School Finance, Jan. 2006, Leadership San Antonio.