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Bellevue district to implement $20 million in cuts, shift elementary bell times to save transportation costs
Summary
Superintendent outlined a plan to implement $20 million in spending reductions, including school bell-time changes and bus-route consolidations that district staff say will save more than $200,000 and reduce bus miles by about 42,646 per year.
Bellevue School District Superintendent Dr. Aramaki announced the start of implementing $20,000,000 in spending reductions and described immediate changes to elementary and middle‑school bell times intended to cut transportation costs and reduce bus miles.
The superintendent said the district has begun job notifications tied to staffing reductions and that administrators are aligning staffing to projected class sizes and caseload targets. “The next hard part in our community is happening right now, which is the implementation of these $20,000,000 of cuts,” Dr. Aramaki said.
District staff presented a plan to move elementary schools to a two‑tier bell schedule (an “early” and a “late” start) so buses can serve schools in tighter geographic zones. The…
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