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Natomas Unified closes all 8 elementary school libraries

  • 05-28-2010
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By Diana Lambert/Sacramento Bee

Is it the end of an era, or just a blip on the education budget radar?  As school districts throughout the Sacramento region confront another year of multimillion-dollar deficits, school libraries have moved into the cross hairs.  On Thursday, the Natomas Unified School District closed all eight of its elementary school libraries in a last-ditch effort to overcome a $17.3 million shortfall.  "These kinds of cuts are a last resort," said Heidi Van Zant, Natomas district spokeswoman. "No one wants to close elementary school libraries, but our budget situation is so severe there was no choice."  (more...)

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