Hoping for best but preparing for worst, Sherwood School District outlines deep cuts

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The Sherwood School District is preparing to cut more than $6 million from its budget for the 2023-24 school year if voters do not approve an operating levy on the May 16 ballot.

District administrators laid out a grim blueprint for the reductions at a school board meeting Wednesday, April 12. Those cuts are likely to affect about 50 school staff positions, including more than 30 teachers whose positions would be reduced or outright eliminated under the proposal.

Read the full article at Valley Times.

Board of Directors Meeting/Budget Committee Orientation #2

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First-ever Sherwood local option education levy to be put to voters in May

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Leaders of the Sherwood School District have agreed to send a first-of-its-kind local option levy — a money measure that is expected to generate between $6.5 million to $7.5 million for the school district over the next five years — to voters in May.

The school board unanimously approved the levy, which will cost property owners $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, on Wednesday, Feb. 15.

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OPINION: Please support levy for Sherwood schools

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Please support a new levy for our schools.

Sherwood is the best place to live in Oregon; that is my humble opinion. Sherwood is a vibrant, family-oriented city with a deep sense of community.

I could talk all day about what makes Sherwood such a great place. It’s a conversation that leads to one thing: our schools.

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Sherwood school board to decide on levy Feb. 8

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The Sherwood School District board of directors will decide Wednesday, Feb. 8, whether to send a local option levy to voters this May, and if so, the amount residents would pay.

On Wednesday, Feb. 1, the school board discussed the need for a levy to prevent cuts in teaching staff — and in turn, the likely rise in classroom sizes if the board decides a levy isn’t necessary.

At issue is how to restore a budget shortfall due in part to erroneous revenue projections that Superintendent Jeremy Lyon and Gary Bennett, the district’s chief financial officer, discovered last year.

Read the full article at Sherwood Gazette

Board of Directors Meeting – February 8, 2023

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The next business meeting of the Sherwood School District Board of Directors will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at the District Office Board Room (21920 SW Sherwood Blvd). The agenda for this meeting can be viewed here.

  • 6:15pm – Executive Session (non-public meeting)
  • 7:00pm – Regular Meeting (public meeting)

All meetings of the Board of Directors can also be viewed live at the District’s YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/39VlhD3.

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