San Gabriel Valley schools more worried about school budgets than Ronald Reagan Day
By Brian Charles/Whittier Daily News
Ronald Reagan Day? Talk to us about it later. That was essentially the response this past week from several San Gabriel Valley public school district leaders, who said they're too busy dealing with budget cuts, teacher layoffs and other pressing problems to take time out to plan Ronald Reagan Day activities. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Ronald Reagan Day into law last week, selecting Feb. 6 as the day Californians should honor the former governor, president and conservative icon, who died in 2004. (more...)