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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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- Maintain current reduction
in administrative staff.
- Reduce office staff by one
person and eliminate atten
dance clerk position.
- Reduce budgets for dra
ma, fine arts, music, driver edu
cation, PCC tuition for stu
dents, activities, and field trips.
- Reduce budget for equip
ment replacement.
At the K-8 level (including
Washington, Lincoln and Mist
Schools) BAT recommenda
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