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News Release: KPBSD Public Budget Forum and Public Pool Use meetings

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Contact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888
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How would you spend 167 million dollars?

Soldotna, February 10, 2015—KPBSD faces a multi-million dollar deficit for a status quo budget in 2015-2016. If you care about quality schools and an excellent public education for our Kenai Peninsula K-12 students, please attend a public meeting in your area. 
In addition, KPBSD seeks input to evaluate the operation of the pools within our schools. Community members are asked to provide thoughts about how to improve pool usage, and help KPBSD examine cost efficiencies.

“The KPBSD focus is to maximize opportunities for the students in our classrooms,” said Sean Dusek, superintendent. “The district looks forward to gathering innovative options from the public to help us address our fiscal realities. Additionally, we want to hear ideas from the public related to our pool usage and operation costs.”

Parents, employees, students, community members—please attend. Mark your calendar and bring your questions and ideas to a KPBSD public meeting, where you will learn about the district budget perspective, expenditures, revenues, and receive responses to your questions.

KPBSD Public Pool Use Meeting and Public Budget Forum Meetingsmoney

  • Tuesday, February 17, 2015, Seward High School library
    • 5:00 Pool Use; 5:30 p.m. Public Budget Meeting
  • Wednesday, February 18, 2015, Soldotna High School library
    • 5:00 Pool Use; 5:30 p.m. Public Budget Meeting
  • Tuesday, February 24, 2015, Homer High School library
    • 5:00 Pool Use; 5:30 p.m. Public Budget Meeting

Link
KPBSD finance department and budget documents: http://bit.ly/FinanceKPBSD
February 10 2015 News Release: Public Budget Forum
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Media release: KPBSD 2014-2015 budget revision

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Contact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888
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KPBSD 2014-2015 budget revision

Soldotna, April 11, 2014—Due to the changing fiscal climate at state and local levels, district administration is recommending that funding for the Skyview Middle School pool in Soldotna, Alaska, be reinstated into the 2014-2015 (FY15) budget.
KPBSD district administration has reinstated a $180,000 General Fund expenditure for the Skyview Middle School pool, previously eliminated during a January 14, 2014, Board of Education work session, and included in the 2014-2015 Preliminary Budget presented to the school board on February 3, 2014. The $180,000 reduction was in addition to a $1.3 million budget reduction made in the fall of 2013, in anticipation of a substantial FY15 budget deficit.
The insertion of the $180,000 into the FY15 budget means that the Skyview Middle School pool would remain open during the 2014-2015 school year.
The Board of Education packet prepared for the April 14, 2014, school board meeting has been revised. The FY15 Budget (Revised) document states, The Preliminary General Fund revenue budget will increase by $180,000, from $161,206,486 to $161,386,486, with budgeted revenue from all sources of $154,456,357, use of Fund Balance reserved for Health Care in the amount of $2,156,400 and use of General Fund Balance increased from $4,593,729 to $4,773,729.”
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April 14, 2014 School Board agenda and business packet
School Board Communication: FY15 Budget (ADDENDUM), view pages 4-5 of the FY15 Budget (REVISED) document.
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