RE: School District Cuts

["Ron Force" <rforce@moscow.com>]

Here's some numbers to think about.  They come from the official Idaho
School District Profiles:

				1990			2000
Enrollment			2714			2624
Ave. Daily Attendance	2565			2471
Elementary Teachers	74.47			82
Secondary Teachers	76.09			85.2
Administrators		8			16
Other Certified Staff	23.1			16
Total Certified		181.7			200.08
Non-Certified Staff	65.9			101.49

Unfortunately, like the university, most of the expenditures is in salaries.
If you have to reduce the budget substantially, it means cutting positions.
There may be a rational explanation for growing staff while enrollment
declines: 1990 was woefully understaffed; mandates for special programs,
etc.

Anyone want to weigh in?

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Ron Force	      	  rforce@moscow.com
Moscow ID USA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: hayfields@moscow.com [mailto:hayfields@moscow.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 12:40 PM
> To: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: School District Cuts
>
> <snip>  The very idea of cutting one single teacher while after
> school sports
> programs are kept infuriates me.  The time to talk about cutting the best
> resource - our very skilled and competent teachers should be
> after everything
> else is gutted. <snip>
> Heather
> Jordan
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