CPC Update: 1/4/10

1. SCHOOL LEVY
Week of Jan 19th: Ballots mailed to voters
Jan 26th: Phone bank for Terrace Park volunteers
VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED
We have 5 volunteers.  7 more are needed.
Contact Michelle Toshima (mtoshima@verizon.net) if interested.
DATE: JAN 26TH (TUESDAY)
TIME: 6:30 – 8:00 PM
PLACE: Edmonds Education Association Office, 19707 64TH AVE W, LYNNWOOD
TASK:  Call local voters and remind them to vote.
Feb 9th: Election Day

2. FISCAL FORECAST
2009-2010 school year: cut $11.5 million from budget
2010-2011 school year: projected cuts of $6.2 million from budget
“We’ve trimmed all the fat, now we’re down to the meat.”
District is looking at revenue generating proposals: advertising; tuition based programs
Call or write your legislators: this is extremely important!

3. NEW DISTRICT AND SCHOOL WEBSITES
Funded by 2008 Technology Levy
Website is easier to navigate
Websites now have a dynamic calendar
School websites are now uniform and standard
You can subscribe to the website and receive e-alerts whenever it is updated

4. BOUNDARIES: ALDERWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
Alderwood Middle is 100 students over capacity
Short term plan:
encourage families in feeder schools to consider transfer to a different middle school (Brier Terrace; College Place; Meadowdale)
principles from other middle schools will hold meetings at feeder elementary schools letting them know about their schools
transfer is voluntary so no transportation will be provided
attending a different middle school does not give students priority for transfer to that corresponding high school

Michelle Toshima
mtoshima@verizon.net