CLALLAM BAY — The Cape Flattery School District will juggle an estimated $130,000 in cuts by rerouting buses and eliminating positions through attrition, said Superintendent Kandy Ritter.
“We’re going to do our reductions through attrition, so even though we might end up eliminating some positions, we won’t do layoffs or an official reduction in force,” Ritter said.
Final state funding decisions await the end of the state Legislature’s special session.
But district officials said the state will reduce funding by about $64,000, which represents the amount the district gets from a federal program, EduJobs.
The state Legislature already has said it would reduce what it gives schools by the same amount that each district receives from the federal program.
The rest of the state reductions likely will be in a variety of areas including funding that pays for reduced class sizes in kindergarten through fourth grade.
“Those are the biggest areas for us,” Ritter said.
Ritter said the district will redesign school bus routes.
‘Big expense for us’
“That is another big expense for us, and we are looking to save some money in that area,” she said.
“For the most part, we will weather this economic storm fairly well if we reduce costs where we can.”
The state Legislature, which has not reached a budget deal to close a $5 billion deficit, began a special session Tuesday that could extend for 30 days.
Because the state Legislature has yet to pass a combined budget, public school district numbers are guesses, Ritter said.