May 28, 2020
"Never spend your money before you have it. "
--Thomas Jefferson
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE WPSBA BUDGET AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN WPSBA'S ANNUAL vote on our budget and board of directors slate. On our first ever Virtual Annual Meeting, 70% of our membership voted live, with other districts sending in email ballots, approving both the ballot and the slate. As we end our year, it is with great thanks that we bid farewell to our outgoing President, Vicky Tipp, and honor her many years of WPSBA service.
DO SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THE OPTION FOR BUDGET REVOTES?
IN THE EVENT of a failed budget vote on June 9th, a short time-frame and lack of guidance from the Governor threatens districts' ability to undertake a second budget vote. School districts may be in the position of operating under contingency budget limitations starting on July 1st. With additional costs expected to reopen schools and possible state aid cuts looming, contingency budgets would create significant additional limits on school district funding.
CORONAVIRUS CREATED A SCHOOL START TIMES EXPERIMENT
KIDS DON'T NEED TO BE ON THE same early wake-up schedule now that they are learning from home, often asynchronously. If you're not familiar with the data, school start times have been proven to be the reason teenagers don't get enough sleep. Now, with more time available at the end of the day (with the cancellation of after school activities), most teenagers are still not going to bed early because their circadian rhythms and brain patterns make it difficult for them to do so.
There's one day left to participate in BOCES Thoughtexchange and share your thoughts and concerns about reopening school buildings.
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CENSUS 2020 FACT
In the 19th century, when tabulations were made manually, no complex questions were asked because of the impossibility of analyzing them.

It's not too late to respond to the 2020 Census
New deadline - 8/14/2020
Everyone Must Be Counted!
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