Marysville School District Public Forums

2009 – 2010 Budget

May 18, 2009
7:00 – 9:00 pm

District Facilities
May 28, 2009
6:30 – 8:00 pm

Location:
Service Center Board Room
4220 80th Street NE

If you are unable to attend one of the forums above to make public comment on the budget, additional
opportunities are listed below. Comments may also be emailed to Superintendents_Office@msvl.k12.wa.us.

DATE TYPE TIME LOCATION

May 11 Public Comment/ 6:30 – 7:00 pm Board Room
Board Work Study

May 13 Staff Presentation 3:00 pm Cedarcrest Middle School

May 13 Community and Staff 6:00 pm Board Room

Presentation

May 18 Public Comment/ 7:00 – 9:00 pm Board Room

Board of Directors Public
Forum
May 19 Staff Presentation 2:30 pm M-PHS Library

May 21 Staff Presentation 3:30 pm Quil Ceda Library

May 26 Public Comment/ 6:30 – 7:00 pm Board Room

Board Work Study

May 28 District Facilities 6:30 – 8:00 pm Board Room

Presentation
*The staff presentations of the 2009 – 2010 budgets are open to the public however no public comment will be
taken during the presentations.
 Changes/clarifications:

RIFs:
Although the board approved up to 81 RIFs (Reduction in Force) for teaching staff, it is expected that the actual
number of RIF notices will be closer to 50 FTE. The current information regarding RIFs is as follows:
Administrative 3.2
Elementary K-5 26.1
Secondary (6-12) 23.1
Art 1.0
Block 1.5
English/LA 5.0
Health 4.0
Music 0.0 (See below)
P.E. 3.0
Science 2.0
Soc. Studies 5.0
World Lang. 1.6 (1.0 German and 0.6 Japanese)
The numbers above may be reduced to 45 or less following preliminary board approval on June 1st.
Resignations and / or leaves of absence may further reduce that number. We currently have about a dozen
resignations/leaves.

Music:
The initial RIF Resolution identified up to four music positions for potential RIFs (one per secondary building).
There will be no reductions in music at the high school. Middle school music may be reduced by up to 0.4
FTE. There will be no RIFs or bumping due to music reductions.

Electives:
State funding cuts (728) together with reduced district wide enrollment, have had a major impact at the high
school level. As the list above shows, nearly every area has been substantially reduced. Electives are (art,
world languages) are being reduced as are core academics like Language Arts and Social Studies.

World Languages:
World languages are still being reduced due to shrinking state funds, shrinking enrollment in all courses, and
decreased student interest in German and Japanese. German is being discontinued. Japanese is reduced to 0.4
FTE (two periods).

Getchell Set Aside:

The board has expressed interest in postponing (for one year) the amount of Getchell set aside for opening the
new high school. This would come as a result of phasing in Getchell varsity sports during the 2011 year. This
reduces the amount of funding for textbooks but still provides funding for the Phase I replacement of high
school math texts.

SLC Crossovers:
Changes will be implemented for next year (2009 – 2010) to allow for greater crossovers:
a) Jazz band, symphonic band, and chamber choir (by audition) will be open to all M-P students.
b) Men’s choir, women’s choir and chamber choir (by audition) will be open to all M-P students.
c) All AP classes in the smaller SLCs will be open to students in all of the smaller SLCs.