Reduction of District Office Personnel (3)
Cut 6 Elementary Non-Tenure Staff
Cut 2 MS Non-Tenure Staff
Cut 3 HS Non-Tenure Staff
Part Time staff Cuts
Nurse
Art
Elementary Non-Academic Programs
Music (One Tenure)
Art (One Tenure)
Band (One Tenure)
Elementary Academic Programs
TAG (Part Time)
PreK (Two Tenure)
Middle School Programs
Computers
HS Academic Programs
Social Studies Teacher (One Tenure)
Half Time Band/Music, Business, Basic Ag Program
Reduction of All Teacher Aides
Reduction of Maintenance Staff (1)
Reduction of All Computer Lab Aides (2)
Reduction of Custodian Staff
Eliminate Secretary Positions (2)
Eliminate After School Bus Runs
Summary of Material/Supplies/Program Reductions for FY11
Technology Budget $50,000
District Office Budget $1,000
Study Island, Acc. Reader, Reading Rec. $24,200
Textbook Adoptions $50,000
Elementary Supplies $18,000
Professional Development $8,000
Athletics $200,000
School Building Budgets $6,000
Personnel
4/5ths Speech Teacher to 2/5ths $30,000
Eliminate Contractual Speech Teacher Service $30,000
Essentially, nothing but the basics – no sports, no arts, cutting almost all (if not all) non-tenured teachers, everything but doing away entirely with all Social Sciences – and Southwestern is not the only school facing such drastic proposals. Illinois owes most schools this much money, which means more communities that can't foot a large bill with their local taxes will face the same predicament as Southwestern.
No leaping progress has been made on the issue, and the State is the institution laying on the pressure. It is our job, as members of the community, to put pressure back on the State of Illinois and the federal government – to say that if they don't find the money for schools, like they find for war and police, then, "We, The People," may have to begin expropriating what we need to properly run our schools and pay our teachers.
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