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District says levy failure would force $20 million in cuts, 213 positions at risk
Summary
Superintendent briefed the board that the district has identified about $20 million in reductions it would need to implement if the April levy fails, listing program and staff reductions that would affect nearly every department and services to students.
Superintendent Shelley Whitten told the Battle Ground School Board on March 10 that the district has prepared a package of potential cuts totaling about $20 million if voters do not approve the district’s replacement levy in the April 22 election.
Whitten said the district has identified roughly 78 line-item reductions affecting 213 positions. “We are looking at the elimination of middle school sports, reductions to high school C teams, elimination of most security at middle schools, the loss of teacher librarians, instructional coaches, district teachers on special assignment and significant reductions in custodial,…
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