Olympia School District
Sorted w/ Decisions Implemented at the top of each section; then ESSER; then Additional Options
2023-24 School Year Budget Reduction Options
Item
Full-time Equivalent
Staff
Reduction Has Been
Implemented
Additional Reduction
Options to Close
Deficit (current est.
$11.5 M)
Reduction Options 173.88 $3,133,445 $15,694,071
Central Office Reduction Options
1 ESSER
No longer deploy temporary ESSER central
office positions positions. (1.0 Teaching and
Learning; 0.5 Finance.)
1.50 $252,000
2 ESSER
No longer deploy ESSER-related Health
Services Director.
1.00 $203,000
3
Eliminate Career and Technical Education
Instructional Coach.
1.00 $144,000
4 ESSER
No longer deploy ESSER-related Instructional
Coaches; 12 positions in elementary schools.
12.00 $1,700,000
5 ESSER
No longer deploy a Director of Early Childhood
Education when ESSER funds expire; return to
prior model.
1.00 $203,000
6
No longer deploy Instructional Coaches at pre-
pandemic levels; all grades, includes SEL,
SpEd, and Teaching and Learning.
5.60 $800,000
7
Reduce Teaching and Learning Department by
3.0 positions; re-organize others for no-cost.
3.00 $430,000
8
Reduce 10% of custodial positions; 5.4
positions. (Includes 2.0 ESSER funded.)
5.40 $420,000
9
Reduce Business and Payroll Office positions. 1.76 $167,000
10
Eliminate summer work for Food Service Truck
Drivers and 1 maintenance position (15% of
maintenance positions).
1.60 $145,000
11
No longer deploy a Native Education
Program/Manager.
1.00 $114,000
12
Superintendent's Office staffing reduction; 1.0
position.
1.00 $105,000
13
Reduce Human Resource Office positions. 1.00 $90,000
14
No longer deploy a Mentor Program/Manager. 1.00 $86,000
15
Eliminate Accessibility Assurance Specialist in
Communications Office. ($ displays GF impact
only.)
1.00 $65,000
16
Eliminate central office travel. (grant-required
travel permitted.)
0.00 $60,000
17
Reduce office support in Transportation Dept. 0.40 $40,000
18
Eliminate all central office in-person
professional development registrations.
0.00 $35,000
19
Reduce 6% of grounds maintenance positions;
0.4 positions.
0.40 $35,000
20
Reduce facilities rental secretary time to
historical levels; 0.3 position.
0.30 $26,000
21
No longer print a district calendar; rely on online
version only.
0.00 $12,000
DRAFT Budget Reductions Options 1
Olympia School District
Sorted w/ Decisions Implemented at the top of each section; then ESSER; then Additional Options
2023-24 School Year Budget Reduction Options
Item
Full-time Equivalent
Staff
Reduction Has Been
Implemented
Additional Reduction
Options to Close
Deficit (current est.
$11.5 M)
Reduction Options 173.88 $3,133,445 $15,694,071
Physical Social Emotional Safety Staffing Reduction Options
22 ESSER
No longer deploy ESSER-related Social
Workers.
2.00 $288,000
23 ESSER
Reduce Health Room Assistant hours to pre-
pandemic levels.
2.57 $113,000
24
Reduce Physical, Social, Emotional Support
Levels to State-Required Levels.
6.70 $1,008,000
25
No longer deploy a Restorative Justice staff
member; 2 positions at high schools.
2.00 $288,000
26
Integrate Career Centers and Counseling
Centers; reduce certificated staff assigned.
2.00 $288,000
27
Replace 3 Nurses with 3 Health Room
Assistants.
3.00 $210,000
28
No longer deploy middle school Intervention
Specialists.
1.20 $173,000
29
Require Graduation Specialists to have a
Counselor Crediential; Deploy with LAP funding;
2 positions.
0.00 $160,000
Elementary Reduction Options
30 ESSER
No longer deploy Family Liasons; 12 positions in
elementary schools.
12.00 $770,000
31 ESSER
Multiple staffing increments reductions (small
enhancements funded with ESSER).
2.20 $249,000
32
Reduce classroom teachers to account for
enrollment reduction; increase overload by 23
students across district.
15.20 $2,145,445
33
No longer deploy Art teachers; Library added to
weekly rotation to replace art.
5.70 $820,800
34
No longer deploy Behavior Techs in elementary
schools.
12.00 $528,000
35
No longer offer Band and Strings at 4th and 5th
grade.
3.50 $504,000
36
Reduce general Paraeducator allocations to
elementary schools by 26%.
9.00 $396,000
37
Reduce Teacher Librarian allocations to 0.5
FTE for schools with less than 330 students.
2.00 $288,000
38
No longer deploy Elementary Assistant
Principal.
1.00 $190,000
39
Require K-1 Music and PE to be double
sessions; increase overload payments.
0.90 $93,000
40
Replace CISPUS with a Day Camp opportunity. 0.00 (rough estimate) $50,000
41
Eliminate Reading/Wa Service Corps funding. 0.00 $50,000
DRAFT Budget Reductions Options 2
Olympia School District
Sorted w/ Decisions Implemented at the top of each section; then ESSER; then Additional Options
2023-24 School Year Budget Reduction Options
Item
Full-time Equivalent
Staff
Reduction Has Been
Implemented
Additional Reduction
Options to Close
Deficit (current est.
$11.5 M)
Reduction Options 173.88 $3,133,445 $15,694,071
Secondary Reduction Options
42 ESSER
No longer deploy enhanced classroom teachers
at secondary level to aid in pandemic recovery.
7.50 $1,080,000
43
Adjust teacher allocations for change in
enrollment. (Increase of 6.5 positions is
displayed as a negative.)
-6.50 -$940,000
44
Increase secondary class size by 5%. Increases
high school class size by 1.5 students; 1.4
students at the middle school.
10.00 $1,440,000
45
Secondary Teacher Librarians take
responsibility for Digital Citizenship and
Technology Tools instruction. (No staff
reductions.)
0.00 $378,000
46
Reduce Assistant Principals deployed to 3
smallest middle schools.
1.50 $285,000
47
Reduce general Paraeducator allocations to
secondary schools by 26%.
6.00 $264,000
48
No longer deploy AP/IB Management. 0.80 $115,000
49
Shift programmatic focus of group home from
institutional setting to school inclusion.
0.45 $64,800
50
No longer deploy a Dean at largest middle
school.
0.40 $58,000
51
Eliminate printing of secondary math materials. 0.00
$56,000
52
Eliminate Reading/Wa Service Corps funding. 0.00
$50,000
53
Develop syncronous online middle school
Geometry course; teacher rotates across all
middle schools; 0.2 position.
0.20 $18,000
Technology Levy
54
Reduce Green and Redundant Power to create
capacity for software purchases from General
Fund.
0.00 $255,000
DRAFT Budget Reductions Options 3
Olympia School District
Sorted w/ Decisions Implemented at the top of each section; then ESSER; then Additional Options
2023-24 School Year Budget Reduction Options
Item
Full-time Equivalent
Staff
Reduction Has Been
Implemented
Additional Reduction
Options to Close
Deficit (current est.
$11.5 M)
Reduction Options 173.88 $3,133,445 $15,694,071
Transportation
55 ESSER
No longer deploy full-time Bus Driver Trainer. 0.50 $30,000
56
75% reduction in number of Bus Monitors
deployed; expand the hours of school
paraeducators to serve as bus monitors.
13.00 $440,000
57
Reduce bus routes offered, increase time of bus
rides.
(not yet determined) $117,000
58
Eliminate special bus routes: activity bus, choice
program shuttles (Lincoln, JAMS), LP Brown
early drop, Transition Academy late start.
(not yet determined) $70,000
59
No longer contract out for Bus Driver fitness
tests; conduct these on site.
0.00 $15,000
Athletics Reduction Options
60
Eliminate C-Team Sports. (not yet determined)
61
Eliminate middle school sports. (not yet determined) (rough estimate) $372,000
62
Reduce amount district covers for fees of low-
income students; schools reduce uniform
purchases, extra staffing, and/or increase fund
raising; 40% reduction.
0.00 (rough estimate) $24,000
Special Education Reduction Options
63
Reflect reduction of Paraeducator allocations to
contractual amounts.
6.30 $275,000
64
Increase class size, consistent with other
classrooms; increase overload payments.
6.10 $416,000
65
Reduce Deaf and Hard of Hearing staffing
consistent with student caseload.
0.50 $89,471
66
No longer deploy a Transition Coordinator. 0.50 $75,000
67
Reduce preschool Paraeducator allocations
consistent with other classrooms.
1.00 $36,000
68
Systemwide Reduction Options
$ Not Counted Above
69
Reduce Teacher stipends; negotiation with OEA
per contract.
0.00 $1,848,015
70
Small elementary closure; savings per closure. 2.70 $400,000
DRAFT Budget Reductions Options 4
