Budget Update: March 24, 2010

Superintendent Bill Fishbough

Last night, I presented to the Board two more pieces of our 2010-2011 spending plan. Specifically, we discussed planned cuts to non-teaching staff and to athletic spending.

As you know, HJUHSD expects to get about $2.5 million less in funding this year from the State. We have planned a variety of cuts to administration, staffing and programs to meet these budget cuts. A summary of those budget plans are available below.

CLASSIFIED POSITIONS

Part of those budget-balancing plans included a cut of $1 million to funding for the Hanford Adult School. As a result of those cuts, we will be eliminating the following Classified (non-teaching) staff positions at Hanford Adult School:

• 1 full-time Instructional Aide
• 1 full-time Clerk 1
• 1 part-time Food Service Aide
• 1 part time Food Service 1

We will also eliminate 1 part-time Instructional Aide from the Opportunity Program at HHS.
In addition to these cuts, we have already eliminated from next year’s budget two currently vacant positions: A Payoll Clerk and a Custodian.

ATHLETICS

I am also proposing the following spending cuts to athletic budgets for 2010-2011:

From HHS:

• 2 Football Assistant Coaching Stipends
• 2 Wrestling Assistant Coaching Stipends
• 2 Boys Volleyball Coaching Stipends (Suspending program)
• 1 Diving Coaching Stipend (Suspending program)

From HWHS:

• 2 Football Assistant Coaching Stipends
• 1 Wrestling Assistant Coaching Stipend
• 1 Track Assistant Coaching Stipend
• 2 Boys Volleyball Coaching Stipends (Suspending program)
• 1 Diving Coaching Stipend (Suspending program)

These cuts total just under $50,000. Athletic Transportation budgets will also be cut by $5,000 at each school.

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