What will the district reduce to make up for lost state revenue?
Final decisions on district reductions will be made after the legislature and governor agree on a final state budget resolution for the next biennium. When addressing the shortfall from state revenues the last two fiscal years, Mead left some support-staff positions vacant, eliminated some administrative positions, cut back travel and summer building maintenance, made adjustments to transportation routes and heating and cooling expenditures, made a 2.0 FTE reduction at the secondary level, reduced extended time for counselors, social workers, career and technical education and alternative education, as well as making reductions to sports and extra-curricular programs. In addition to maintaining those cuts, the proposed loss of revenue for this coming year may call for additional loss of staff and programs. The major challenge, at this time, is not knowing the specific state program reductions and the overall amount of reduction Mead will have to deal with for the coming fiscal year.
