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February 12, 2020
January 28, 2020: Todd Watkins gave his budget report to the Board of Trustees. His report can be found in the Board's Work Session Agenda dated 1/28/20 or go here:
https://helenaschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1.28.2020-Board-Work-Session-Packet-Ray-Bjork-1.28.20.pdf
His report is the last six pages and his recommendations are on the last two pages. One Trustee asked if the budget problems were the effect of the teachers' salary scale, or the loss of students to East Helena--Todd didn't know the answer to this question.
January 30, 2020: Budget Summit. We had two parts to our conversation: one a report by Business Manager Janelle Mickelson that showed us enrollment projections and how these are estimated; the other a report by Human Resource Director Stacy Collette about staffing numbers and costs that come out of the general fund. We learned a lot that day, but felt we needed more information as we move forward. We do know that we will have a reduction in POSITIONS at...