Preparing for the 2011-2012 school year is challenging because of the late budget from Olympia and the unknowns associated with bargaining. As such we have built a staffing plan that continues to be very conservative, yet meets our obligation of providing a quality program with sustainable class sizes. With retirements and resignation this year we have been able to adjust staffing modestly, making some shifts to special programs and are actually in a position to hire additional staff. There is a net increase of 1.5 staff (inclusive of 1.0 additional Alt Ed Staff, and 1.0 additional special ed staff in the Partners in Transition program) Please review the attached spreadsheet to compare 10-11 and 11-12 staffing levels.