District Budget 101 Webinar with Superintendent Rundle and MISD Administrators
Mercer Island School District Superintendent Fred Rundle and Executive Director of Finance and Operations Matt Sullivan held a Budget 101 webinar for the Mercer Island community on Thursday, January 19, from 5-6pm.
The purpose of this webinar is to increase community understanding of school finance, the Mercer Island School District budget, and the current financial challenges and opportunities facing MISD.
- Attendees at the webinar were able to pose questions.
- The webinar will be recorded and made available on our YouTube channel at the link above. The webinar video was also linked to social media platforms.
We appreciated providing our community insight into our budget and finances.
MISD Budget Webinar Power Point Slides
Sincerely,
MISD Communications
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