History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
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Poll: School cuts sting students
- 03-09-2010
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By Scott Martindale and Fermin Leal/Orange County Register
It manifests as campus libraries closed multiple days a week, music lessons wiped clean from the school day, the principal treating skinned knees and bloody noses because there's no nurse. Students see it in larger classes, when they lose a beloved teacher in a round of layoffs, when they can't participate in even the most basic of school activities because of spending freezes. Parents are burdened with it as they try to raise thousands of dollars in a down economy, to preserve an educational experience that – no matter how hard they try – still does not equal years past. These are just some of the tangible effects of the loss of $498 million in state revenue last year for Orange County public schools, which followed on losses during previous years. (more...)
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