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by Tim Bertling
Boundary County School
District 101 Trustee
One of the hardest decisions I’ve had to help
make was the closing of Evergreen school.
I went there when I was a child from
grades 1 to 4.
My children also went there.
My son missed out on his fifth grade year
with the closure.
The decision was made to save money.
Was it good for kids? No.
Will they get a good education? Yes.
When the state keeps cutting, the board
has to took everywhere.
There are some things we have to keep doing,
like plowing the snow in the driveway at the
school and keeping minimal power on for
insurance reasons.
So here
are the savings, take them for what you may:
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2 Teacher Positions Eliminated:
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$100,000
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(Consolidated Classrooms)
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Classified Personnel:
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Secretary
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$15,124
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Custodian
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$20,517
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Kitchen Staff
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$14,137
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Classroom Aide
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$6,598
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Computer/Library
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$8,425
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$64,801
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Benefits:
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$12,960
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Health
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$19,274
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Total Salary & Benefits:
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$97,035
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Utilities & Ground Maintenance
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$22,689
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Food Service (Includes sub costs)
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$9,600
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Maintenance & Custodial Supplies, etc
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$13,624
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Transportation-eliminated 1 bus route
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and consolidated another one.
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$41,000
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$283,948
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Evergreen
ADA
- Revenue
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Kindergarten
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ADA
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Divisor
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Units
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2009-10
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16.41
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minimum
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0.6
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2010-11
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16.41
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40
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0.41
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Difference in K units:
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0.19
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2009-10
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Grades 1-5
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76.99
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16.00
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4.81
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2010-11
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Grades 1-3
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51.02
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20.00
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2.55
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Grades 4-5
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25.67
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23.00
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1.12
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Total Units:
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3.67
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Difference in units Grades 1-5:
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1.14
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Total Reduction in Units
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1.33
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Total Loss in Revenue:
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$85,000
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$113,436
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Total Savings Closing Evergreen:
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$170,512
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Other savings include library books,
fewer computers, reduced
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bulk supplies, etc.
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Please attend the community meeting Thursday,
April 21, at 6 p.m. at the Becker Auditorium.
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