How to Plan for Budget Adjustments

Budget Planning for 2005-06

We have begun budget planning for the 2005-06 school year.
Consistent with past practice, we provided all administrators with an
overview of the current fiscal status and the challenges we are facing.
Enclosed is a copy of the PowerPoint presentation that Dick Anastasi made at
the administrative team meeting on January 5, 2005.

Following the meeting with the administrators, we contacted the
leaders of all employee associations to provide the same information to them
orally. As the Board¹s liaison to the Northshore PTA Council, B-Z Davis
will brief the PTA leaders at their Council meeting on January 10, 2005. A
copy of the ³Talking Points² for both the PTA leaders and association
leaders is enclosed for your review.

On January 10, the cabinet will meet in an all-day retreat to
focus on the plan for rebuilding the district¹s fund balance. Part of that
plan is already in place since the Board took action to divert interest
earnings from the Capital Project Fund to the General Fund. But other
actions, of course, will also be necessary.

Also enclosed is a January 6, 2005, article from The P-I showing
that Washington ranks 42nd in per pupil expenditures. I was one of the
superintendents interviewed for the article.