SEASIDE Seaside students received some good news from the Seaside School District board Thursday night: They will have two weeks of spring break next year.

But with the good news came the bad: They will have to attend school for an additional week in June.

Changes in the school calendar occurred because the earliest graduation date that could be scheduled at the Seaside Civic & Convention Center was June 18, 2012, said district Superintendent Doug Dougherty.

 That will mean the last day of school for everyone else will be June 22, 2012.

This year, graduation is June 13 and the last day of school is June 16.

The school board unanimously approved the calendar, which also calls for the first day of school to begin Sept. 6.

In other business, the board met with the districts budget committee to examine the proposed $20 million district budget for 2011-12. Unlike last year, when the district was forced to make severe cuts in personnel, only two teachers and 1.8 classified workers will be laid off, mostly because of the ending of federal grants including the so-called stimulus funds and the need to readjust hours for other district services.

In his budget message, Dougherty said the district would be facing significantly higher reductions if voters had not passed a $1.3 million local option levy last year.

Although state timber revenue, which the district depends on for some of its support, is experiencing an improvement in sales, they havent recovered to previous levels the district relied on, Dougherty said.

In addition, Clatsop County budget officials are warning districts of little or no increases in revenues from assessed values of industrial and commercial properties.

An increase in rates for the Public Employees Retirement System, required by the state to make up for a shortfall in the fund, also is incorporated into the budget, as well as anticipated medical insurance costs, which could average at least 13 percent.

The state also requires the district to maintain its bus system, and the district is allocating funds to replace buses. Because of rising fuel costs, the district has budgeted $124,500 for next year, almost $30,000 more than this year.

The budget will be discussed before the boards next meeting beginning at 6 p.m. May 19 at the administration office.

During a presentation by the Seaside High School robotics team, the board watched a demonstration of the robot built by the team and a video of the team competing in regional competition in Portland. This was the first year the high school has competed. Of 58 teams, it came in 56th, but teacher Mike Brown said the team was already raising funds to build another robot and compete again. At least $14,000 is needed, he said.