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Save Our Schools rally protests further funding cuts to education
- 05-20-2010
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By Tracy Garcia/Whittier Daily News
About 100 school employees, trustees, parents and students turned out Wednesday for a Save Our Schools rally at El Rancho High, one of about 35 events statewide intended to protest proposed cuts to education. It was organized by a new statewide network of school supporters called CAUSE, or California Advocates United to Save Education, which is pushing for legislators to promise to protect education funding during budget talks. "We're trying to take a proactive approach," said Josie Tafoya, a classified staffer at the 3,800-student South Whittier School District who helped organize the El Rancho rally. "Schools were guaranteed funding through 2010-11. And if our legislators renege on that, we have to hold them accountable," Tafoya said. "If the schools aren't fully funded, not only does it cause losses in staff and teachers, but programs and services for students." (more...)
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