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The INDEPENDENT, June 3, 2004
Committee approves Banks Schools budget with little discussion
The Banks School District
budget for 2004-05 was ap-
proved May 24 in just over half
an hour.
With budget committee mem-
bers Stuart Douglas, Tom Duy-
ck and Jayne Peterson absent,
the meeting quorum was met
by school board members
Gene Kelly, Duane Lundsten,
Joe Evers, Willis Meeuwsen
and Doug Nordholm, who also
serve on the budget committee.
Anne Stanton, the only appoint-
ed, non-board member of the
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committee in attendance,
chaired the short meeting.
In presenting the budget
message, Superintendent Mar-
ilyn McGlasson told the com-
mittee that the process began
at “status quo,” keeping all ar-
eas funded at current levels.
McGlasson and business man-
ager Nancy Hall then worked
with administrators to identify
program and staffing reduc-
tions that follow the district’s
budget principles and ensure
equitable distribution across
student groups. Looking back
over her time in the district, Mc-
Glasson said that the Banks
school board, staff and commu-
nity had worked together to
eliminate a $1.4 million debt
through a combination of goal-
setting and prudent financial
management.
According to McGlasson, the
district has taken steps toward
enhancing educational oppor-
tunities, such as adding staff to
address the needs of growing
student populations, current
textbook adoptions, and staff
development. The district was
poised to continue making pos-
itive financial strides, she
added, but state revenue short-
falls “which have yet to be cor-
rected,” have affected prgress.
The district has absorbed $1.2
million in reduced general fund
revenues since 2002.
“The District continues to
find itself in a ‘defensive’ fiscal
mode, attempting to merely
sustain existing staff and pro-
grams until the State and its
Legislature develop an ade-
quate and stable school fund-
ing source,” McGlasson said.
The Banks budget is built
around the following: A contin-
uation of program levels adjust-
ed for inflation and contractual
obligations, revenue adjusted
for the loss associated with the
defeat of Measure 30, a 2.46
percent increase over the
2003-2004 adopted general
fund revenue, no increase in
enrollment.
The budget includes a sub-
stantial increase to the Unap-
propriated Ending Fund Bal-
ance as a reserve for potential
PERS adjustments and/or fu-
ture revenue needs. The fund,
which cannot be used until fis-
cal year 4005-06 was in-
creased by $189,500, to 4.03
percent of the $7,583,992 gen-
eral fund budget.
Other budget elements in-
clude the following:
• One-year payroll savings
due to the retirement of the su-
perintendent,
• Increase in contract servic-
es for superintendent search,
• Increase for new audit re-
quirements,
• First repayment installment
of internal loan for completion
of the indoor sports facility and
funding for long-term repairs,
• Science text book adoption
for grades 6–12,
• Additional half-time junior
high teaching position,
• Partial restoration of fund-
ing for athletics and activities
(still under 2001-2002 level).
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