Reductions If The Renewal Fails

The District and the Board of Education know that there will need to be budget cuts made if this levy does not pass. The decision has been made not to delineate specific cuts as was done last year but to focus on maintaining excellent schools and not losing additional state dollars.If the levy fails, it will mean the loss of $3.9 million - $2.6 million from local funding AND $1.3 million for the elimination of the Tangible Personal Property tax reimbursement from the state.

The loss of $3.9 million will mean significant district-wide reductions, much like were planned if the November 2008 levy had failed. If the levy fails, the district will be taking a severe step backwards and will be forced to eliminate services and programs.

The Reductions as stated last year:

On Wednesday, November 5, 2008:

Freshman sports starting with winter season

All middle school activities starting with winter season

All middle school and freshman athletic field trips

Pay-to-Participate fees increased to cost-neutral. (High school athletics will become $400; all other activities move to cost-neutral costs.)

Elimination of non-mandated student achievement testing

On Monday, January 5, 2009:

High School transportation clusters would be eliminated

For the 2009-2010 School Year:

Find alternative funding for Crossing Guards and HS Police Officer. If not, these positions would be subject to elimination.

Close Raymond Elementary for 2 years; revise Elementary boundaries

Eliminate 8-10 Support personnel. These eliminations would come from a combination of central office, library aide/building aides/secretarial staff, custodial/maintenance, receiving, technology, etc.

Eliminate 2 administrators

And (ranked in order of priority), either:

Eliminate High School activitiesand Eliminate K-6 Library services and classes

OR:

Shorten School Day by 1 hour at the beginning of each day

The above reductions represent approximately $1.8 million in reductions. Additional reductions would need to be made since if this Renewal fails, the District will lose $3.9 million.

Additional reductions to $4.2 million are described in the following information that was stated last year.

If the 5-mill replacement levy fails and the new 4-mill levy passes, approximately $4.2 million will need to be cut from the district's operating budget since the 5-mill replacement levy generates approx. $1.4 million more dollars than the new 4-mill levy. If the new 4-mill levy is the only levy to pass, the reductions above will be made. Further reductions will include, but not be limited to:

Up to 23 teaching staff reductions