Budget plan includes shortened school year, fewer tests
By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego
Families that aren't financially strapped might have to pay for busing or Advanced Placement exams for their kids. The school year could be snipped by a week. Popular programs that teach students about diversity and local history in Old Town and Balboa Park could be shortened, too. And some small high schools may have to share principals. Those are a handful of the ways San Diego Unified would close an estimated $87 million deficit under a tentative plan put forward by the school board Tuesday night. (more...)