Budget Letter from the Superintendent
Dear Gibraltar Community,
This is a financially difficult time for schools in the State of Michigan, and Gibraltar is feeling the economic crunch like everyone else. In an effort to be pro-active, I’ve been meeting with staff and community groups to identify ways that we could trim our budget with as little harm to students as possible.
The information on the chart below represents the suggestions that have been given to me through these public meetings, which I in turn presented to the Board of Education on January 20th. I invite you to read through this list and comment section and feel free to make any additional suggestions that you think would be helpful to us. Gibraltar School District vows to remain a strong educational institution and asks for your full cooperation as we move forward toward financial balance.
The list is not complete (and likely never will be), but it does give you some basic idea of what has been presented and indicates any possible savings that could be quantified at the time of this posting. Many of these suggestions take a considerable amount of investigation and assessment before we can determine actual savings. I’ll keep working on updating the savings and expense columns when I get that information.
Keys to reading the chart:
Column A is the department that is affected by the proposal.
Column B is the option that was suggested.
Column C is the amount currently in the budget to support the option in column B.
Column D is the potential savings IF we were to make that change according to the timeline in column G.
Column E is the potential savings if we were to make that change for the 2010/2011 school year.
Column F is the educational level that would be affected by the change.
Column G is the time line for implementation
Column H is the areas currently identified by the Board for savings this year.
Column I is the comment (provided by various sources).
Cells highlighted in blue are those identified by the Board that they would like my staff to investigate and report on.
Cells highlighted in yellow are those that could be implemented before this year is over.
Click here to view the Budget Chart at this time.
Very few cuts have been imposed at this time, so we seek your input as we move forward. As members of our community, you can offer your suggestions during a public meeting on February 3, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in the Carlson High School Auditorium. The Board will be making a revision to the budget during the February 10, 2010 meeting.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions.
Sincerely,
Bruce S. Burger
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