In the secondary school, the staff increased by almost four positions, from 35.63 in 1997 to 39.48 in 1998. Slight increases were seen in positions across the board that year in German, social studies, business, agriculture and home economics. A half time guidance counselor and full time reading position was added. Roesler explained that 3.9 of the positions increased because of special education costs unrelated to the four period day. A lot of the other increases in staffing were enrollment driven.
Budget committee takes a break The budget committee finally took a break from meeting last week.
The committee has had 14 meetings this year with each lasting at least two hours long. Peggy Derrick commented, We had one that lasted five hours. That was bad. Derrick anticipates that the committee will remain intact and meet when the need arises. Bulman, who also served on the committee commented that the process hasn t been fun, but it has definitely been a learning experience.