Proposed Change

$7,000$78,000$174,000$160,000$9,000$2,000$0$108,000$1,000,000

Add Assistant Secretary position at Transportation office

$17,000$15,000$20,000$30,000$50,000$100,000$141,000

AddedCostPotentialSavingsDiscontinue or charge schools for early release transportationfor days not on the district calendar

(impacts Capital High School,Olympia High School and Lincoln Elementary School)

Discontinue school bus service to students living within oneradius mile of school.

Adjust routes to increase walking distancesto schools. Some unsafe walking conditions.

Discontinue school bus service to students living within oneradius mile of school and adjust WMS bell time to 8:30

. Someunsafe walking conditions.

Eliminate all middle and HS transportation to and from school,with the exception of special education, and staggerelementary start times by up to 1 hourEliminate the Lincoln/Marshall Options bus route.

Eliminatesschool bus service to these choice programs outside of the schools'regular service areas.

Eliminate optional transportation to New Market Skill Centerin TumwaterEliminate transportation for the Program for AcademicallyTalented Students (PATS) programs.Change half-day Kindergarten to all-day every other daymodel.

Eliminate mid-day transportation of kindergarten students,resulting in cost savings.

Eliminate school transportation to and from school, with theexception of special educationReduce Boston Harbor and Madison elementary custodiansupport.

Staff with swing custodians shifts from 11:00 am to 7:00pm only. No morning and later evening custodian coverage.

Refinish gymnasium floors every other year, rather than everyyear.

Reallocate staff time to other deep cleaning activities and saveon refinishing products.

Add 1.0 additional substitute custodian

to provide bettercoverage for schools and assist regular custodians in buildings withhigher workloads.

Eliminate 1 FTE grounds keeping position in the supportservices budget

. Would reduce grounds maintenance, moving, andbackup mail and food service deliveries at all schools.

Eliminate 2 additional FTE groundskeeping positions in thesupport services budget.Establish an additional Life Skills class

for students withsignificant cognitive challenges whose needs are not well met full-time in the regular classroom environment.

$39,000$19,200$24,000$28,500$0$35,000$0$35,200$50,000$25,000$40,000$150,000$250,000$250,000$15,000$15,000

Eliminate high school gymnastics and wrestling teams.

$50,000

Eliminate high school drill teams

$13,000

Eliminate high school swimming teams.

$45,000$56,000$126,000

Combine Boston Harbor and Madison special educationprograms

due to relatively low numbers of special ed students andhigh staffing ratios if two program staff are maintained.

Reduce special education para-educator hours in schools inresponse to projected special ed enrollment.Reduce special education para-educator hours in highfunctioning autism program at Marshall Middle School

inresponse to projected student needs.

Reduce special education para-educator hours in behaviorprogram at Reeves Middle Schoo

l in response to projected studentneeds.

Consider elimination of district middle school behaviorprogram

(located at Reeves Middle School), and replace with para-educator support in regular education classrooms.

Reduce Homeless Program coordinator to half-time position

and reduce associated costs of services to homeless students.

Explore elimination of elementary LEAP programs

(located atCentennial and McKenny elementaries) and serve students withsupport in the regular education classroom

English Language Learner (ELL) Program--Add 0.4 FTE tocurrent 0.4 FTE coordinator for ELL services.Eliminate overnight component of Outdoor Education program

(Cispus). Replace with local field trips and classroom projects.

Eliminate PAS (Promoting Academic Success) program

,including PAS-funded staff positions as the high schools for math.(This program has been eliminated by the legislature.)These arestate-

Allocate projected increase in state Learning AssistanceProgram (LAP) funding to schools/programs.

(Not a trueaddition; this would come pre-funded from the state.)funded and canbeignored.

Transfer current basic education support of Career andTechnical Education (CTE) programs to the CTE program,Eliminate membership in ESD Media Center pool.

The Mediacenter provides videos, periodicals, training and database services toschools through this co-op.

Reduce Curriculum Adoption Base Budget from $650,000 to$500,000 per year.

Science adoption in 2009-10 is estimated at$400,000-$500,000.

One-time Curriculum Adoption Budget Reduction from$500,000 to $250,000 for 2008-09 only

. Provides budget fromsmaller curriculum upgrades and intervention costs next year.

One-time Curriculum Adoption Budget Reduction from$250,000 to zero for A542008-09 only.

Provides no budget forcurriculum upgrades next year.

Increase DIBELS (elementary reading) assessment contractsto continue use of DIBELS next year.Implement a $200 per year "pay to play" fee for zero-hour(before school) music activities.Eliminate high school "C" teams

for students who do not makevarsity and junior varsity teams.

Replace middle school interscholastic sports with expandedintramural program.

$193,000$90,000$32,000$25,200$35,200$75,000$9,000$4,000

Reduce Board of Directors travel budget

$5,000

Televise School Board regular meetings.

$25,000$10,000$105,600$270,000$429,000$234,000$409,500

Reduce counseling FTE at Avanti HS.

$0$30,000$46,000$46,000

Eliminate crossing guard at WMS

$4,000

Replace middle school interscholastic sports with expandedintramural program, funded through pay to play fees

(Oreliminate; same savings)

Reduce positions and/or implement salary reductions forcentral office administrators.Eliminate central administrative nursing servicesparaprofessional support position.Restore teaching time 0.4 FTE to Music coordinator, andprovide stipend for coordination dutiesRestore teaching time 0.4 FTE to Health and FitnessCoordinatorOne-time savings in Board and Levy elections costs for 2008-09Eliminate District contribution to South Sound ReadingFoundation for community-based early reading activitiesEliminate District membership in Thurston Regional PlanningCouncilConvert MS Assistant Principal/Dean of Students positions toAssistant Principals at Jefferson, Marshall and Reeves middleschools.

Assistant principals would be able to evaluate staff.

Convert MS Assistant Principal/Dean of Students positions to0.6 Assistant Principals and 0.4 FTE classroom teachers

atJefferson, Marshall and Reeves middle schools.

Eliminate MS Assistant Principal/Dean of Student positions atJMS, MMS and RMS.Staff elementary schools at current district goals for studentto staff ratios.Reduce middle school electives and increase class sizes byaverage of 2 students.

Reduces 4.0 cert. staff FTE.

Reduce high school electives and increase class sizes byaverage of 2 students.

Reduces 7.0 cert FTE.

Add athletic trainer position at Olympia and Capital highschools

through a combination of district and school funds

Reduce basic building budget allocations (non-staff) by fivepercent.

These funds are used for supplies, materials andphotocopying.

Reduce basic building budget allocations (non-staff) byanother five percent

, for a total reduction of ten percent.

Note: this spreadsheet, using approximate values from theOlympia School District's budget options for 2008-2009, is notendorsed or approved by the District. It is for educationalpurposes only.