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Ideas aplenty to deal with cuts at S.F. schools
- 02-26-2010
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By Jill Tucker/San Francisco Chronicle
Anger and frustration simmered among the people in a standing-room-only crowd Thursday night at a town hall meeting at San Francisco's Marina Middle School, as parents demanded solutions rather than explanations for the severe cuts to staff and programs at their children's schools. An estimated 860 people crammed into the school's auditorium; the overflow spilled into the cafeteria to watch a video feed. During the two-hour event, elected city and state officials on the panel and audience members proposed solutions that ranged from old-fashioned tax increases to legalization of marijuana. Parent Deborah Gitin arrived more than an hour before the 6:30 p.m. start time to get a seat. (more...)
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