MAGNET BUSING INTACT!
Next year, the bus service to out-of-boundary magnet students has been maintained. All of the routes in place this year should be the same for next year. Many thanks go to the parents and PTA who spoke out for the importance of this bus service for the Bailey’s. Bus service to students inside the Bailey’s neighborhood boundary was never in question and will be maintained as well.
CETA MODIFIED BUT WILL CONTINUE
Funding for the CETA arts partnership with the Kennedy Center was lessened and the program restructured, but the program will be maintained. The main impact is yet to be determined from the restructuring of all arts courses for teachers now needing to occur after school rather than during the day.
NEW BELL SCHEDULES FOR NEXT YEAR
As part of the budget process, the School Board gained some savings in restructuring the coordination of bus routes across the county. About $4 million was saved by making some slight changes to some schools’ start and end times. The new start/end times for Bailey’s for the 2009-2010 school year are as follows:
MONDAY – 8:35-12:45
TUESDAY-FRIDAY – 8:35-3:15
This means that, compared to this year, the start time is 15 minutes earlier, with the Tuesday-Friday ending time being 10 minutes earlier and the Monday ending time being 35 minutes earlier.
If you are interested in seeing the full update to bell schedules across FCPS, the link is http://www.fcps.edu/news/start/bellschedule0910.pdf.
STAFFING, SALARY, AND OTHER CHANGES
As already planned in next year’s budget, class sizes are increased by a half-student in the formula and we experience a loss in office and custodian staffing. This is offset some at Bailey’s by projected enrollment growth and funding we receive through the Title I program in the form of federal stimulus funding. The most significant savings in the budget for next year is from the freezing of salaries of all employees.
