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Page 14 The INDEPENDENT, May 1, 2003________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reductions recommended at all levels and in most functions From page 1 outside the district. The largest class is the senior class, with 65 students; the smallest is first grade with only 45 students. Each school examined The BAT looked at each school in the district and at dis- textbook adoption. At the district level BAT rec ommendations include: - Eliminate one special edu cation teacher with services provided by qualified teachers on staff, reduce expenditures on professional services. BAT recom m endations' at the high school level include: - Reduce language arts in struction by one half-time posi tion. - Eliminate cheerleading, and reduce athletic transporta tion expense. - Eliminate two K-6 teachers and a part-time teaching posi tion in the junior high. - Reduce library/media staff by one position. - Reduce field trips. Total reduction $600,000 Recommendations from the Budget Assistance Team total $601,110 less than the budget adopted for the current school year. (District $134,700, High School $191,910, Elementary $274,500). Projections of the district’s total expenditures for the 2002-2003 budget year show that the district will have cut more than $890,000 from the budget adopted last June. Therefore, the BAT recommen dations represent nearly $200,000 less in reductions than the district has had to en dure this fiscal year. The reduced impact of the proposed cuts is most notable in the return to a full school year. School is scheduled to begin September 2 and stu dents will get out June 9. The school board previously ap proved early release time for students every Friday, accom panied by regular in-service for staff. One full day of in-service will occur in late September, no school is scheduled for a statewide in-service day in Oc tober (a non-paid day for teach ers), and two half-days are scheduled, both associated with student conferences in No vember and April. Teachers will also have a work day at the end of every quarter. All other non school days are national holi days, or winter and spring breaks. Some impact on sports Sports programs are still mostly intact. BAT recommends Please see page 15 Vernonia schools’ music program will not be cut though funds will probably be reduced. trict-wide services. First, priori ties were established for each school and for district services. Recommendations for reduc tions (from the 2002-2003 adopted budget) were then identified for K-8, high school, and district levels with consid eration of the established prior ities. As Funderburg explained the recommended reductions, it also became apparent that most of reductions represent either reductions in staff imple mented during the current fiscal year, or reductions in funds his torically under-spent in previ ous years. It should also be noted that, supporting budget goals, increases are recom mended for technology and - Eliminate the position of curriculum director. - Reduce tuition reimburse ments for teachers and usage of substitute teachers. - Perform property account ing (needed to meet new feder al guidelines) in-district. BAT recommended that two budget areas - technology services and textbook adop tions - be transferred from school budgets to the district level. Transferring technology services would include that the media coordinator position be reduced to half-time with an in crease of $7,000 for equip ment. As previously noted, BAT recommended an increase for textbooks. 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