What will the district reduce to make up for the 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 (2009-2011). When addressing the shortfall from state revenues last fiscal year, Mead left some support-staff positions vacant, eliminated some administrative positions, cut back travel and summer building maintenance, and made adjustments to transportation routes and heating and cooling expenditures. 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 Mead School Board has already given a directive to district administrators to specify up to $5.1 million dollars in reductions from the budget for the next fiscal year (2009-2010). The district administration is presently in the process of working on the budget reduction issue. The major challenge, at this time, is not knowing the specific state program reductions and the overall amount of reduction
