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Title : BEX V/Budget Work Session Today
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BEX V/Budget Work Session Today
Today's Work Session has two parts; BEX V and the budget for next school year. I'll be attending the BEX V section. Here is the agenda which contains both parts.Key pages
Page 23 - List of short-listed BEX V projects. I don't know that I agree with the whole list but it looks solid. It appears that the downtown high school is off as there needs to be additional discussion.
Page 64-65
Probably the most complete list I have ever seen (thanks, Director Geary!) of BEX/BTA funds spent for every school.
Page 111 is the start of the Budget section which is, well, pretty much bad news.
Page 114 shows that PTA funding has gone down by nearly $1M. (They note that this does NOT include booster club money which is where much of the big money raised comes from, particularly at the high school level).
Page 115 - Rainier Beach HS received a $300K IB grant from OSPI.
Page 116 - A particularly bad page about enrollment. Last school year should have been a signal, there was a slight drop, and then the big drop this school year. And it wasn't just that they expected new students but they lost students.
I have to wonder at the reason "Seattle is expensive" really explains it. (Although page 118 shows that the poverty rate in SPS has gone way down.) There are new charter schools, a couple of new private schools and an online school. To me, this may explain it more than being expensive.
To note, I've seen comments from readers like, "Why doesn't the district do more to get students in private schools back?" I've said that for decades. At this point, they truly don't have the room or the time to get back students (even as they lose money when they lose students). But if this trend continues, the district is going to have too many buildings to operate. That would be an even worse disaster for all schools.
Page 124 - State Prototypical spending for staffing is an interesting read. SPS has fewer teachers than what the state would allot but more principals/assistant principals.
Page 125 - Also an interesting page to see what spending looks like at low-risk to high-risk schools.
Page 126 - Possible areas for reductions - No one is going to like this page.
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