Superintendent's Blog

We announced some minor mid-year budget cuts to the 2009-10 budget at our last board meeting.  There have been articles in both the Sun and News and Grand Rapids Press about these cuts and we want to clarify some questions that might be on people’s minds.

1.       The cuts recently announced are for the current year.  During this process we have communicated that there would be small things we could do for the 2009-10 budget.  Much more significant cuts will be coming to the 2010-11 budget.  A first draft of possible reductions for 2010-11 will be released some time before spring break.

2.       One-way transportation for athletics.  This will only take place in sports where it makes sense.  For a large majority of our sports buses were returning home almost empty because parents were taking their kids with them.  We will realize a savings from this practice because when buses take students home after games we have to pay the bus drivers while they wait.  This reduction idea was suggested by people in the community as well as several TK staff members.  We won’t be able to do this for all sports but will implement it where we can.