Dear Orcas and Waldron Island Community,

The Orcas Island School District has some of the top performing schools in Washington State.  It is because the Orcas Island School Board is committed to continuing its support of these schools that it has prepared this self-examination of financial accountability for the last few years.  It is in the hopes of not repeating past mistakes that the School Board is making public historical events that shaped “how we got here” and the steps that the board has put in place since June of 2006 to fix what is broken and move us forward with corrective measures firmly in place.

In this report the Orcas Island School Board will present to the communities of Orcas and Waldron islands its findings, explanations, and conclusions with regard to the financial struggles that the Orcas Island School District has faced and continues to face.  The Board will attempt to explain how the district finds itself in this “debacle.”  It will also attempt to enumerate the solutions that the Board and the Superintendent have put in place to mitigate these problems.  The Board assumes responsibility for the concerns that have been raised over the past nine months.  It assumes the responsibility of putting in place the necessary solutions in order to make certain that this dilemma does not repeat itself.  . ... Full Report Page -Read More