Submit Budget Savings Input to Superintendent by Noon, Feb. 12

This survey is now closed.

Students, families, staff and community members are invited to submit input to Acting Superintendent Sherrie Brown about the District Budget Advisory Committee's recommendation for budget savings using this online form now until noon on Friday, Feb. 12.

The District Budget Advisory Committee (DBAC) developed a recommended rank-order list of budget savings ideas based upon suggestions that were submitted, as part of the Budget Savings Plan process, by students, staff, parents and community members prior to December 18, 2009. The committee worked only with the budget savings ideas on List 1, which contains suggestions that have been determined as legal or possible. The list that has been generated is a recommendation. To view the committee's recommendation, please click here and use the form below to submit your input. Print copies of the input form are available at the district office, 1306 Dupont St.

The Superintendent will review and consider the input submitted now through Feb. 12 as she works with district leaders to draft a Budget Savings Plan. Careful consideration and planning is required to determine if each budget savings idea can be implemented by Sept. 1, 2010. Implementing one idea, for example, could make another idea not feasible due to the overall impact on the school district. 

The state Legislature is currently in session so it is still unknown how much funding the district will receive for next school year and how many reductions it will need to make. Based upon the most recent state revenue forecast ($2.6 billion less than projected in April 2009) for next school year, the Bellingham School District currently anticipates the need for continued budget reductions and cost-savings strategies for 2010–11. The process to use stakeholder input to develop and adopt a Budget Savings Plan by mid-March prepares the district to have prioritized reductions for implementation as needed based upon the amount of reduced state funding.

To view the Budget Q&A or next steps in the budget savings process and timeline, please click here.