FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2000

Board Committee to Hold Hearing on Goals, Budget Priorities

The Board of Education's Performance and Achievement committee will hold a public hearing at Hawthorne Elementary, 3344 Concord Ave., in the Library Media Center beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 26 to hear concerns on the progress of the district's goals and for a discussion of educational priorities for the 2000-01 budget.

The district identified three goals at the outset of the current school year:

• All students complete 3rd grade able to read at grade level or beyond;
• All students complete Algebra by the end of the 9th grade and Geometry by the end of 10th grade; and,
• All students, regardless of racial, ethnic, socioeconomic or linguistic subgroup, attend school at 94 percent attendance at each grade level.

In February, the Board of Education was told it was estimated that about $2 million would have to be cut from the current budget in order to comply with state-imposed revenue limits, given that the district's enrollment is declining. State aid is based on total enrollment.

For more information contact:
Ruth Robarts, Committee Chairwoman, 238-2273 or
Joe Quick, 267-3030

Madison Metropolitan School District

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