The state funding formula and depressed economy created an opportunity for innovation, based on a best practice shared at a Baldrige Quest for Excellence® Conference, to adopt a zero-based budgeting model that is to be deployed in 2015 (2.1a[1], 2.2a[3]). In addition, Serendipity Charter School, which began at Hertz High School, has become an opportunity for collaboration with other school districts and home schools and an opportunity to explore online education, an interest expressed by stakeholders during BCS focus groups.