Creativity, skill needed to bridge budget gap
January 13, 2010
Washington legislators face a nearly overwhelming task of balancing the state’s budget. Currently it’s $2.6 billion short. The budget gap is proportionally close in size to the shortfall that forced California to issue IOUs. Read more
Tanner Annex helps shore up North Bend’s budget
January 6, 2010
Economic recession pushes down tax revenue but Tanner Annex brings new sources
NEW — 12:53 p.m. Jan. 6, 2010
North Bend’s Tanner Annex is already helping the city, which it joined this year. The additional tax revenue from the addition is offsetting a decrease in tax revenue, which had threatened to create a budget shortfall.
The economic recession depressed the city’s tax revenue, but the trend has flattened out, according to city officials. Read more
School district proposes $4.1 million in cuts
April 8, 2009
The Snoqualmie Valley School District is doing its best to keep class sizes low, despite a proposed cut in funding for teachers from the state Legislature.
At an April 2 Snoqualmie Valley School Board work session, Superintendent Joel Aune announced the district is preparing to cut $4.1 million from the 2009-10 school year budget. Out of a budget amounting to about $52.1 million, that amounts to an almost 8 percent slash in funds.
The cuts include eliminating about 18 full-time teachers, a middle-school assistant principal and various programs like the after-school activity bus and middle school interscholastic sports.
Members of the Snoqualmie Valley School Board, along with Superintendent Joel Aune, work on plans for drastic budget cuts.
Suggested state budget could hurt locally
December 31, 2008
Times are financially tight for the state of Washington, especially for K-12 education and the Department of Early Learning.
With a $5.8 billion deficit, a newly proposed budget by Governor Chris Gregoire has a string of cuts amounting to about $3 billion in the 2009-11 state budget. If passed by the Legislature, these cuts would impact both the Snoqualmie Valley School District and Encompass of North Bend. Read more
