Down to the wire - Budget Blog

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4/23/2009

We're getting down to the wire here in Lake Washington School District and in Olympia. The deadline here is to get our community input data compiled before Friday, which I can't believe is tomorrow. We've extended the deadline to get in your input forms so you've still got through the end of today to get them filled out. But do so as soon as possible! We've got several staff members working today to enter the data from all the forms collected at Juanita High School last night and keep up with those coming in online. (Another full house last night - 400 people in the Juanita High cafeteria working through the input process!) On Friday, that information will go to the Decision Advisory Representative Team, which has the unenviable task of spending the day figuring out a general plan for the budget.

The deadline in Olympia is Sunday - the day by which the legislature is supposed to have this session wrapped up. The media is reporting that a deal has been reached on education budget cuts but no one is telling what that deal is. While I dread what the final news will be, it will actually be a relief to know specifically what we are working with. Not knowing is hard on everyone - you can't really work on solving the problem until you know the size and shape of it. Maybe by Sunday we'll know where we really are.

Posted at 9:11 AM by Reith, Kathryn | Category: District Budget | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)

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