Moses Lake School District Superintendent Carol Lewis said it is not feasible to bring back the elementary start time this year without tapping into the district’s reserves. She said she promised the district would do a zero-based budgeting system where it did not spend more than it was bringing in.
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MLEA protests for contract negotiations adding back elementary programming
MOSES LAKE – Members of the Moses Lake Educators Alliance, Wenatchee School District employees and residents picketed before Thursday evening’s school board meeting. The group of over 200 chanted down Yonezawa Boulevard, in front of CB Tech, asking for the reinstatement of an additional 30 minutes of instructional time in elementary schools and calling for a fair contract.