[Vision2020] How one ID school district dealt with declining enrollment
Deacon James
ddjames@moscow.com
Fri, 27 Jun 2003 19:21:30 -0700
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Donovan: "This is how they dealt with budget cuts, not with declined =
enrollment as you suggest."
The article states that "an eight-year enrollment slide" was a =
contributing factor in the decision to make budget cuts. My =
understanding is that funding for government schools is primarily based =
on enrollment, so it should follow that if enrollment goes down, so =
should funding. If only 17 poor souls attended Moscow High, would we =
still be responsible for coming up with the exhorbitant amount of cash =
we currently shell out? I suppose we would, because we would still need =
to pay all of the teachers seventy grand a year.
Cheers,
Deacon
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Donovan: "This is how they dealt with =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The article states that "an eight-year =
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slide" was a contributing factor in the decision to make budget cuts. My =
understanding is that funding for government schools is primarily based =
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enrollment, so it should follow that if enrollment goes down, so should =
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If only 17 poor souls attended Moscow High, would we still be =
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suppose we would, because we would still need to pay all of the teachers =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Deacon</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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