Each year the Pattonville Board of Education approves a set of goals that guide the development of the next year’s school budget. The goals help focus the district’s resources and funds in priority areas to best meet the needs of its students. -Read-More- Most of the goals remain consistent from year to year. The Pattonville school board approved the following financial goals during its Feb. 10 meeting: To maintain a balanced operating budget; To maintain a beginning fund balance sufficient to avoid short-term borrowing, supplement the loss in desegregation funding, and to address future changes to the State Foundation Formula, which is used by the state to determine how much state funding a local school district receives; To provide competitive salaries for the employees of the Pattonville School District; To maintain a level of staffing for classrooms that meets or exceeds desirable standards established by the Missouri School Improvement Program; To provide funding to address the recommendations of the Comprehensive School Improvement Plan Committees and School Improvement Teams; To provide adequate funding for the maintenance of district facilities; and To provide funding for the replacement of district technology. -End-