Educational Funding Losses 2009

This is hard to believe, even in tough times. The educational cuts could very well affect Index, Wa. Index already runs on the bare minimum. Read on:

Funding losses
The following are district-by-district estimates from the State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction showing how much local schools could lose in state funding from their budgets next year.

The numbers represent the difference of what it would take to maintain existing education programs and what is provided in Gov. Gregoire’s proposed budget.

Arlington: $1.4 million
Darrington: $198,000
Edmonds: $4.8
Everett: $4.5
Granite Falls: $650,000
Index: $17,000
Lake Stevens: $1.1 million
Lakewood: $530,000
Marysville: $3.5 million
Monroe: $1.7 million
Mukilteo: $2.4 million
Snohomish: $2.3 million
Stanwood: $1.2 million
Sultan: $650,000