School Board Update

The next school board meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 28th. The school board will approve the 2008-2009 district budget at this meeting and we will know the final outcome regarding the pool when the budget is approved.

At the last school board meeting the board instructed the district finance director to sharpen her pencil and work on balancing a budget with the pool included. I have spoken to the finance director and I know she is working on a budget for the pool and will present that to the school board on August 28th.

The word from the school board is that they are considering keeping the pool open until December 31 with a strong statement that monthly reports must be made to the school board regarding pool and that there must be a focus on making the pool operate more efficiently and generate more revenue in order to reduce the burden on the school district.

I have requested that the school board consider creating a pool oversight committee that can work directly with the pool manager regarding pool operations and that this committee provide the monthly updates the board is requesting.

Please continue to contact the school board members and express your continued support for the pool. We cannot let them think our efforts have died off and we need to keep the pressure on.

Randy