Working Smarter

I appreciated the hopeful, yet pragmatic tone of President Obama’s address yesterday.There is no doubt that things will probably get worse before they begin to get better.We will be watching the legislature with interest and anticipation as its members grapple with ways to assist our state out of its current financial morass. What does that mean for us in USD 373? It means that we need to think about our current and future expenditures and continue to think about ways to work smarter and more creatively as we face the prospect of reduced budgets. One thing I have been thinking about is an employee idea bank, where our staff can make suggestions for saving money for the district. It is going to take all of us thinking and working collaboratively to move past our current situation.

I’ll be putting something out to staff in the near future regarding this project. It is still my fervent hope that we will be able to achieve budgetary reductions without having to eliminate any staff. If you have additional ideas, I would be happy to hear them. Thanks for all you continue to do for our students in USD 373.