This past week at school was very nerve racking. The school district's budget message for 09-10 from our Superintendent was presented to the budget committee for approval, prior to going before the school board. With that proposal, people that I know in various positions will be losing their jobs. It just makes you sick. The RIFF notices as they call them will begin to go out in the next couple of weeks, but some people already know. Then the bumping can start, where employees with more seniority can bump (if a like position is there) an employee with lesser seniority. I think my position is fine, my boss has been pretty open with me through this process, but it is still worrisome as all this is happening around you. Last week I spoke with the Athletic Secretaries in our league at Tigard & Tualatin high schools and their positions have been reduced from 12 month positions at 8 hours/day TO 10 month positions at 6 hours/day. The Athletic Director positions at both schools have been cut completely. That is really sad when you think of all of the students that are going to be impacted by that loss, especially for 2 districts that place a high value in their Athletics & Activity programs as being an extention to Academics. I can't imagine with the amount of work that is expected, that it can be accomplished in that amount of time. We are keeping our fingers crossed that our daughter-in-law is able to keep her position as a 1st year teacher at Fern Hill Elementary, but at this point it is not really something anybody but the budget committee & school board have control of. More in the next couple weeks on that.
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