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Tuesday, July 27, 2010 The Stow-Munroe Falls City School District calendar which is received in the Stow Sentry is now available online! The calendar details school events, Board of Education meetings, holidays, PTA information, testing schedules and many other dates you may find important. Please visit the Main page to download and view the 2010-2011 SMF calendar. Posted by Diane Shaheen at: 2:46 PM 0 COMMENTS Monday, July 19, 2010 As the 2010-2011 school year approaches, we will continue to keep you updated on the latest news. Many of you are already aware the Board of Education has implemented changes due to the impending budget crisis the school district faces. The major changes which will be implemented beginning next month include the elimination of high school busing and increased pay to participate fees. The elimination of busing for high school students will reduce expenditures by an approximate $245,000 annually. Pay to participate fees have increased by $50 per sport to a current fee of $150 and $25 per activity with the current fee of $100. The yearly family cap will be $450. The savings for increasing pay to participate will reduce expenditures by an additional estimated $30,000. Although these decisions were difficult, we continue to do the best that we can to stretch the resources that the community has so generously given us to provide a school district rated “Excellent with Distinction”. We will be providing further information as the summer unfolds regarding the new pay to participate schedule and the reduction of high school busing. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at 330.689.5412. Posted by Diane Shaheen at: 2:50 PM 0 COMMENTS Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Two-Hour Delay Procedures As with school closings, the two-hour delay to the start of the school day will be announced through the local media and our telephone message system to parents. Posted by Diane Shaheen at: 10:14 AM 1 COMMENTS Friday, June 4, 2010 The Board met on May 18th to review all of the feedback received and discussed the advantages and disadvantages of each of the nine cost reductions on the table. After careful consideration, the Board is proposing to eliminate high school bussing for next school year and increase the cost of pay to participate. While the board understands that both of these measures will cause numerous issues for a significant number of people, they are also keenly aware of the difficult financial situation that the district is facing and with no additional money coming into the district, must continue to reduce costs. The specific increase in pay to participate is not known at this time. The Board will continue to have discussions about this topic and will announce the new rates once they have been determined. Click Here to View the June 3 Community Engagement Meeting Presentation Posted by Diane Shaheen at: 9:08 AM 0 COMMENTS Friday, May 28, 2010 A Community Meeting has been scheduled by the Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools Board of Education for Thursday, June 3rd, at Kimpton Middle School beginning at 7:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to share with the community the results of the Board’s May 18th meeting in which the nine areas of potential cost savings were discussed. The Board is considering eliminating high school bussing and increasing the costs of Pay to Participate for next school year. At the meeting, we will review the year and one-half Community Engagement process that included 43 meetings in the community. We will also share the results of the survey that was a part of the Community Engagement process and was seriously contemplated in the decision making. In addition, we will update the community on the status of the other seven items that were under consideration but will not be implemented immediately. These items do, however, remain as potential cost savings measures for the future. Please consider attending the important informational meeting. A question and answer session will follow the presentation. Posted by Diane Shaheen at: 8:45 AM 0 COMMENTS Friday, April 30, 2010 May 3 - 7 Please join me in saying a big Thank You to all of our faculty and staff members next week during “Staff Appreciation Week!" I would like to publicly thank all of our teachers, tutors, aides, monitors, cafeteria staff, secretaries, bus drivers, custodians, maintenance workers, support staff and administrators for what you do for our children EVERY SINGLE DAY! We sincerely appreciate all that you do! Posted by Diane Shaheen at: 8:52 AM 0 COMMENTS Thursday, April 15, 2010 The Community Engagement process is going very well and I wanted to provide an update on our progress. Here are a few items of interest: Thank you for your support of our school district! Posted by Diane Shaheen at: 1:50 PM 0 COMMENTS Subscribe to BlogCategories
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