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Natomas budget cuts hit classrooms; parents worried
- 01-04-2010
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By Diana Lambert/Sacramento Bee
Natomas Unified School District officials have reached deep into classrooms to balance their budget. They have cut days from the school year, reduced class periods for most juniors and seniors, relaxed graduation requirements and eliminated summer school. And parents are worried. "They need to start putting the kids first," said Elena Quintero, president of the Inderkum High School Parent Teacher Student Association. She is concerned about the district's decision to reduce the number of units required for graduation and to cut counselors. "Counselors now don't even have the time to go over a schedule with kids, let alone go over graduation requirements and college applications," said Quintero, whose son is a freshman at the school. (more...)
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