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Hundreds protest proposed cuts to school funding
- 05-10-2010
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By Dana Littlefield/San Diego Union-Tribune
Teachers, students and parents joined together to send a message to state legislators about their dissatisfaction with proposed budget cuts to schools. About 600 people rallied in Balboa Park on Saturday to protest a state budget proposal to cut funding to schools. The event, held at Sixth Avenue and Laurel Street, drew a range of concerned participants, including teachers, parents and children, many of whom chanted “No more cuts!” and carried signs urging citizens to voice their concerns directly to the Legislature. The message wasn’t lost on the younger demonstrators. “I think we have a lot of support,” said Darius Cade, 10, a fourth-grader from Birney Elementary School in University Heights. “I’m in school, too, and I’m a child and I need a good education.” (more...)
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