Tuesday, February 9th

SAS Community,
 
At the regular Board of Education meeting on February 9th we recommended the elimination of 6 certified staff positions, effective March 17. This recommendation was approved and will result in the reduction of 4 current personnel and 2 long-term substitutes. Although staffing adjustments are always difficult, we have worked collaboratively with our administrative team to re-assign staff to minimize classroom disruption to the best of our ability.

As many of you are aware, the district continues to work through a very challenging budgeting process.  There continues to be a shortfall in this current fiscal year of approximately $750,000.  In addition, based on the most current information available we are projecting a $3.6 million deficit for the 2010/2011 school year.

We are working closely with our staff and community to address our current budget crisis. We have formed three community committees (Pay to Participate, Activity Fee, and Building Reconfiguration) to look at generating revenue and reducing building costs. Following the recommendations from the community committees in March, we will be conducting "community budget forums" to get feedback on possible revenue and cost saving measures for 2010-2011.  These forums will occur in April as we prepare to submit the budget to the Board of Education in June.

Please continue to check the Budget Blog for more updates.