How AI Helped Me Fix a Bleeding Lunch Budget (In 2 Hours)

Hey, I’m Burke.

I run school operations for a living — buses, boilers, budgets, and everything in between.

Each week, I share the lessons nobody’s teaching in leadership books — just what works when you’re actually in the building.

Read all the way to the end, I have a special BONUS AI Cheat sheet just for you!

If you’re in the trenches too, this is for you.

Let’s jump in.

When our food service program started bleeding red ink, the board wanted answers — fast.

We weren’t hitting revenue targets. Labor and food costs were eating us alive.

And I’ll be honest: I didn’t have a playbook ready.

So I opened ChatGPT.

Here’s what I typed in — not polished, not fancy, just real: