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
School district deals with budget crisis
April 2, 2009
Local and state deficits are causing the Snoqualmie Valley School District to pull its purse strings tighter than ever. Next year, the district is slimming its general fund budget by 7 percent, a $3.5 million reduction.
Over the month of March, district administrators traveled from school to school, making presentations about the financial crunch. District staff asked parents, teachers and community members to rate 10 services offered by the district — including class size, student services and instructional materials — from most important to least important. An online survey sent to 4,500 people also encouraged the community to rate the programs.
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
