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As schools open, possibility of shorter academic year has teachers, parents on edge
- 08-16-2011
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By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News
Bay Area teachers and students head back to school this month with growing uncertainty about the fiscal wolf lurking at their classroom doors. If the state's wallet doesn't fatten with enough tax revenues by December, automatic budget cuts could force some K-12 school districts to shorten the school year by one or two weeks -- or more. And that would come on top of a teaching year already truncated in some districts. Teachers could find themselves cramming more material into less time, students struggling harder to master the basics in fewer hours, and parents scrambling for day care in mid-May. The so-called state trigger cuts could force some school districts to negotiate with employee unions to shorten this school year. (more...)
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