Marysville School District Public Forums 2009 – 2010 Budget May 18, 2009 7:00 – 9:00 pm District Facilities May 28, 2009 6:30 – 8:00 pm Location: Service Center Board Room 4220 80th Street NE
If you are unable to attend one of the forums above to make public comment on the budget, additional opportunities are listed below. Comments may also be emailed to
[email protected]. May 11
DATE
TYPE Public Comment/ Board Work Study
TIME 6:30 – 7:00 pm
LOCATION Board Room
May 13
Staff Presentation
3:00 pm
Cedarcrest Middle School
May 13
Community and Staff Presentation
6:00 pm
Board Room
May 18
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Board Room
May 19
Public Comment/ Board of Directors Public Forum Staff Presentation
2:30 pm
M-PHS Library
May 21
Staff Presentation
3:30 pm
Quil Ceda Library
May 26
Public Comment/ Board Work Study
6:30 – 7:00 pm
Board Room
May 28
District Facilities Presentation
6:30 – 8:00 pm
Board Room
*The staff presentations of the 2009 – 2010 budgets are open to the public however no public comment will be taken during the presentations.
Changes/clarifications: RIFs: Although the board approved up to 81 RIFs (Reduction in Force) for teaching staff, it is expected that the actual number of RIF notices will be closer to 50 FTE. The current information regarding RIFs is as follows: Administrative 3.2 Elementary K-5 26.1 Secondary (6-12) 23.1 Art 1.0 Block 1.5 English/LA 5.0 Health 4.0 Music 0.0 (See below) P.E. 3.0 Science 2.0 Soc. Studies 5.0 World Lang. 1.6 (1.0 German and 0.6 Japanese) The numbers above may be reduced to 45 or less following preliminary board approval on June 1st. Resignations and / or leaves of absence may further reduce that number. We currently have about a dozen resignations/leaves. Music: The initial RIF Resolution identified up to four music positions for potential RIFs (one per secondary building). There will be no reductions in music at the high school. Middle school music may be reduced by up to 0.4 FTE. There will be no RIFs or bumping due to music reductions. Electives: State funding cuts (728) together with reduced district wide enrollment, have had a major impact at the high school level. As the list above shows, nearly every area has been substantially reduced. Electives are (art, world languages) are being reduced as are core academics like Language Arts and Social Studies. World Languages: World languages are still being reduced due to shrinking state funds, shrinking enrollment in all courses, and decreased student interest in German and Japanese. German is being discontinued. Japanese is reduced to 0.4 FTE (two periods). Getchell Set Aside: The board has expressed interest in postponing (for one year) the amount of Getchell set aside for opening the new high school. This would come as a result of phasing in Getchell varsity sports during the 2011 year. This reduces the amount of funding for textbooks but still provides funding for the Phase I replacement of high school math texts. SLC Crossovers: Changes will be implemented for next year (2009 – 2010) to allow for greater crossovers: a) Jazz band, symphonic band, and chamber choir (by audition) will be open to all M-P students. b) Men’s choir, women’s choir and chamber choir (by audition) will be open to all M-P students. c) All AP classes in the smaller SLCs will be open to students in all of the smaller SLCs.