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Pateros School District to have $3.9 million operating budget

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The Pateros School District will have a $3,956,010 operating budget for the 2008-09 school year, including a $3,672,362 general fund. The general fund includes the day to day operating expenses and staff salaries.

The transportation vehicle fund was budgeted at $95,000; that includes money to purchase a new bus. The capital projects fund was projected at $83,000. That's the money left from a "general obligation bond" issued by the Pateros School Board in 2007; the bond money paid for roof repairs, new windows in the elementary wing and new flooring in the commons, among other projects. The remaining money will be spent on other capital projects, still to be determined.

The debt service fund was budgeted at $40,000, and the Associated Student Body fund was budgeted at $64,648. The 2008-09 budget is based on a projected enrollment of the equivalent of 265 students. (It's a series of complicated formulas, but the state allocates basic school support funds based on projected enrollment.) That's about five students less than the 2007-08 budget; actual enrollment for the just-completed school year was right at the projection.

In other business at the regular board meeting Thursday, June 26, board members approved a proposal to move school board meetings back to the fourth Monday of the month. The change will become effective in August, but the board decided to hold its next meeting Monday, July 21.

Transportation supervisor Shane Randall and outgoing superintendent Larry Keller reviewed some of the options open to the board for vehicle maintenance. The district was part of a maintenance cooperative with Brewster and Bridgeport, but that ended with the just-completed school year. Keller and Randall recommended that the existing staff perform basic maintenance jobs, with major repairs given to qualified local mechanics. Board members reviewed options for energy conservation that were recommended as part of an energy conservation conducted during the spring. Board members will make decisions on prospective projects at the July 21 board meeting.

The board approved paying for electrical repairs at the Methow Community Center (the old Methow School) with the stipulation that the cost should not exceed $5,300. The district actually owns the building, but Methow residents do most of the maintenance and upkeep.

Board members hired Nicole Province as the physical education and health teacher, and accepted with regret the resignation of kindergarten teacher Cheri Dundas.

The board hired high school and junior high coaches for the 2008-09 school year. Gene Dowers will be the head coach for high school volleyball; Mike Hull will coach high school football with Matt Hull and Dale Zahn as assistants. John Ellis is the girls basketball coach with Sheri Mortimer as assistant, and Mike Hull also will coach boys basketball with Zahn as assistant. Bill Haley will coach wrestling, Mortimer will coach softball, Bob Van Lith will return as baseball coach and Jennifer Stettler as tennis coach. Dona Slater will be the cheerleading advisor. The track coach and assistant volleyball coaching positions are still open.

Mortimer will coach junior high girls basketball and Haley will coach junior high football; Lyle Blackburn will coach junior high volleyball and junior high boys basketball. Haley will coach junior high wrestling and Mike Hull and Zahn will coach track.

Board members hired Sheri Mortimer to direct the summer school program; attendance averages 35 to 38 students. Tracy Miller was hired as the cook and Donna Campbell as the classroom aide.

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