Northshore School District - Budget Shortfall Get involved!

Even if you believe that you aren't impacted by the major budget shortfall  ($3.4M) - if you live within the Northshore School District - you are!

You are affected if:

1. You have a child in one of the Woodinville Elementary Schools.  Your child's school could be closed, your child's school could have an influx of new students from a closed school, or no school is closed and programs are cut in your child's school.  For example... the librarian, the nurse, assistants, music, sports, etc...
   
2. You have a child in one of the Northshore Elementary, Junior or Senior High Schools. In addition to considering a school closure program cuts are also in consideration - again... don't your children deserve a library/librarian, nurse, assistants, music, art, sports, foreign languages.....
   
3. You LIVE in the Northshore School District.Even if your kids have grown or you don't have or want to have kids at all - the value of your real estate is impacted.  Northshore school district is award winning which attracts people looking to buy real estate - it can't stay that way if it isn't funded. 

Please take the time to care and get involved!

The Northshore School District Meetings are open to the public - if you want to have your voice hear you need to attend or support those who are attending.  Here are the next few meetings (note agendas and minutes are posted on the website when it is close to the meeting date/soon after the meeting date).  www.nsd.org

• Tuesday, January 22^nd  7pm NSD Board Meeting The agenda for this meeting is posted on the NSD Website. http://www.nsd.org/education/sctemp/bc3e0aedabf5f4d936d044cea9c40d6f/1200692221/BD._AGENDA_1-22-08.pdf
• Friday, January 25^th  Key Communicators Lunch (information presented at this meeting should be on the website by the afternoon)
• Tuesday, February 12^th 4pm  NSD Board Meeting; Closure Criteria Presented to board
• Tuesday, February 26^th 7pm  NSD Board Meeting
• Tuesday, March 11^th  4pm  NSD Board Meeting
• Tuesday, March 25^th  7pm  NSD Board Meeting
• Tuesday, April 22^nd 7pm  NSD Board Meeting

Talk to your legislators!  This isn't just a problem at the Northshore School District - Education is underfunded in Washington and schools across the state are having to make up the shortfall or make hard decisions.