• Elementary: Cut specialist program by 25% (5.3 teachers), thus reducing media/technology, PE, art, and music. Eliminate the Elementary Spanish program. Eliminate the Science Center. Eliminate math and literacy elementary curriculum leaders. Eliminate 10 elementary school classes, thus increasing class sizes.
• Middle School: Eliminate one grade 8 cluster (4 teachers of academic subjects), thus increasing average class size to 25. Eliminate 2 grade 6 cluster teachers, thus increasing class sizes to an average of 26 and requiring teachers to teach outside their trained discipline. Eliminate 3 elective teachers, which will reduce or eliminate electives in art, music, technology, and physical education.
• High School: Eliminate teaching positions.
• District-wide: Eliminate 3 current guidance counselors and 1.6 requested for additional elementary needs. Reduce 1.5 nursing positions.
• Fee Increases: Athletics fee increase from $125 to $285 per athlete per sport and reductions in the athletics program.
• High quality teaching: In an attempt to maintain as many programs as possible and keep class size as low as possible, many non-teaching budget line items would be eliminated or severely reduced. These include professional development, mentoring programs, and teacher supervision. Professional development, working conditions, job security, class size, and breadth of curriculum are key factors in attracting and retaining the most qualified teachers.
• Further reductions in teacher mentoring. The Directors and Department Chairs will teach more classes, thus giving them less time to evaluate and mentor teachers.
• Increase class size: There would be increases at all levels.
• Further reductions in educational supplies and equipment including textbooks and other curriculum materials.

Discussions on the specific programs and services that would be reduced or eliminated are continuing. Final decisions will be made by mid-February.