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Redmond High to hold informational meetings for students Aug. 22, 23, 25 Redmond High School will have a variety of information regarding opening school activities, procedures and events for incoming students on Aug. 22, 23 and 25. Photographers will be on hand to take students’ pictures for identification cards and yearbooks. All students are required to have a school ID card. Order forms to purchase photos are available at the school and online at www. lwsd.org/school/rhs. Students can also buy Associated Student Body (ASB) insignias and yearbooks at the student store or bookkeeper’s office. Parking permits for seniors and juniors may be purchased as well with proof of vehicle registration, driver’s license and no fines. Any fines must be paid or cleared between Aug. 10 and 19 at the bookkeeping office between 8 a.m. to noon daily. No fine payments will be accepted on the three photo and informational days. Students must pay fines during summer hours or on the first day of school. Locker assignments will be available near the attendance office. Students may purchase new
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will attend the next year and for students who are not changing “The legislature is hanging us schools, Kimball said they will out to dry,” he said at the meeting. get to visit their next year’s classDistrict officials said this is room. On the teacher-only day, because school districts’ rainy teachers will visit their school Mustang apparel, spirit items and day funds will eventually run out as well and get a chance to work school supplies at the student and districts will reach their levy with their new teams and plan store. The student store does not caps on how much money they for the next year. accept credit cards or ASB cards. can ask for from taxpayers. “That’s pretty important A separate check made out to To address the teachers’ salary work, ” Kimball said. RHS or cash will be needed to buy reductions — which just means He added that when the new items. a reduction in how much money grade configuration comes, half Seniors may pre-order their the district receives from the state 2 column x 5.5 inches of the high school student popusenior shirt Aug. 22 for $12. — Kimball said they worked with lation in the district will be new One $88 check may be used to teachers to come up with a soluto their school. At the middle purchase an ASB insignia ($40) tion that includes teachers workschool level, it will be two-thirds and annual ($48). Yearbooks ing two additional days. There new students. purchased after Oct. 1 will be $53. will be an extra instructional day Other district employee Parking permits ($50) and fines on June 21, 2012 — extending the groups including administrators must be on separate checks. school year calendar from 180 and secretaries, whose salaries The first day of school, Sept. to 181 days and the last day of have also been cut, have taken 6 from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. is for school to June 22 — and a teacher similar money-saving measures sophomores only. All other stuwork day on May 25, the Friday such as giving up a number of dents begin school on Sept. 7 from before Memorial Day. This day vacation days. 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. had been a regular school day, but Another way LWSD is saving Each grade has been assigned a now students will not go to school money and avoiding layoffs is day and time. and make up for it at the end of reducing staff through attrition, the year. meaning as teachers resigned Aug. 22: Seniors “Everyone came to the table or retired at the end of the with what I call a really nice A through K - 7:30 to 11 a.m. school year, positions have Lots of times, changes in life also affect yourtheir investments. compromise,” the superintenL through Z - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. remained unfilled. dent said about never the district’s That’s why there’s been a better time towillschedule This, however, mean K-4 negotiations with teachers. class sizes will increase slightly. Aug. 23: Juniors your free Kimball portfolio We’ll talk about the changes in said review. the two extra District officials said studentA through K - 7:30 to 11 a.m. days will be dedicated to preparyour life, and help you decide whether makes sensebyto teacher it ratios will increase L through Z - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ing for the district’s grade recon- roughly one student per class. revise your investments them. figuration to a K-5, 6-8because and 9-12 of Kindergarten and first-grade Aug. 25: Sophomores system in fall 2012. Students staffing will change from 19-to-1 A through K - 7:30 to 11 a.m. will getreview to visit thewill schoolhelp they ensure to 20-to-1; secondand thirdA portfolio your investments L through Z - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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grades will shift from 23.9-to-1 to 25-to-1; and fourth-grade will go from 25.12-to-1 to 26.75-to-1. The proposed budget was first presented to the school board by business services coordinator Barbara Posthumus at the June 20 meeting. After the meeting, the budget was posted on the district’s website with an e-mail contact for public input, but Posthumus said they didn’t receive any e-mails from the public. 1 incolumn She added that the weeksx 6 between the June meeting and Monday that there weren’t any major changes to the budget either. Posthumus said her team’s estimates on state revenue wereLI NO TIME off by about $20,000 when they received the final numbers. But TO KEEP when compared with an overall budget of $231.3 million, they just needed to do some minor tweaking. “That’s a very small number,” Posthumus said. Time can She added that this onadjustyour in ment did not affect any line Fortunatel items. There was not much discus-wil review sion about the budget during the board meeting, check but it wason t because trustees have worked and ensure with and discussed the budget on track with Posthumus, Kimball and w other district staff for months. Pendergrass said the board That’s wh has had several budget work sessions since January.schedule y
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