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Worst-case budget could shorten school year
- 03-21-2011
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By Maureen Magee/San Diego Union-Tribune
Teachers and parents throughout the region and state have grown accustomed to significant cutbacks in their public schools, increased demands for fundraising and threats to layoff faculty as California copes with its relentless fiscal crisis. But schools could face a financial hit so severe in the coming school year that many may be shut down as many as six weeks early, under an extreme cost-cutting measure that was first suggested in January with little fanfare and has been gaining traction ever since. That means children could be cut lose from school in April next year, just after Easter. (more...)
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