The Monona Grove School District is facing a deficit of $1,000,000 for the next school year. The administrative team has created a list of possible cuts, and the school board and administration have ranked these cuts. A preliminary list of cuts has been brought forth to the school board. The proposed cuts impact the music program, and the opportunities for students to experience music in the following ways:
* Increase the instructional minutes that define a full-time teacher for Elementary Related Arts from 1280 minutes per week to 1350 minutes per week.
* Reduce instructional minutes for the elementary related arts classes (art, music, PE) from 40 minutes twice a week to 30 minutes twice a week at grades 3-5, and for art only at grades K-2.
* Eliminate the 4th-grade string program
* Reduce staffing in 6-8th grade music programs by 1.53 full-time teachers.
This proposal intends to staff the middle school music programs with only 1 full-time teacher in each curricular area for band, choir, and orchestra.
To see the list of all of the cuts that were proposed, and which ones were selected to bring forward to the board, go to the Monona Grove website at http://www.mononagrove.org/BudgetInformation.cfm
Once there, you can then choose links that show the following:
* 2010-2011 Budget Timeline
* Budget Reduction Hearings
* Preliminary Budget Reduction Proposal 2010-2011 -MGSD Cabinet
If you are interested in making your opinion known on any of the proposed budget reductions you can contact the MGSD school board, the superintendent and/or the administrator(s) at the buildings where the proposed cuts will take place.
If you would like to attend one of the public budget reducation hearings they will be held on the following dates and times:
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Glacial Drumlin School - IMC
Thursday, February 11, 2010
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Monona Grove High School – Auditorium
Saturday, February 20, 2010
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Winnequah School - Cafeteria
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