Current Situation

Funding Challenges

• Population increased but demographics changed

• Declining enrollments – down 42 student in 12 months; 100 since 2010

• School funding:

­State requires Districts to adopt 80% of adequate budget

­20% is dependent on passing local levies

• After 1997 only 3 out of 17 funding requests have passed

• Estimate $700,000+ shortfall over the next five years