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February 24, 2009 · Updated 9:22 AM 

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The Kent School Board has set a community work session for 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at Kentwood High School. The topic of the meeting will be to get citizen input on what the highest-priority schools programs should be. The input will be key to upcoming school-board decisions about how to make up for an expected $16 million budget shortfall for the 2009-2010 school year.

The district estimates it could save $679,000 by eliminating middle school athletics, although staff acknowledges the potential for increased attendance problems and dropouts.

For a complete list of what’s on the chopping block, see original school-district story on this Web site, or go to www.kent.k12.wa.us.

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