The challenge facing San Diego schools

11-01-2011

Opinion by John Lee Evans/San Diego Union-Tribune

John Lee Evans is vice president of the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education.

We all have tough choices to make about public education in San Diego. As a board member, my charge is to protect the quality of education while preserving the fiscal health of the school district. This is a difficult balancing act. The superintendent has already said that potential midyear cuts would be impossible to implement. We cannot dismiss the first-grader’s teacher in January. We cannot tell high school seniors that we are canceling their courses in the middle of the year. The midyear problem can only be resolved at the state level. At the district level, we have already made the tough choices over the last three years. We have significantly reduced busing, increased class size and cut support staff. We have reduced the school year and cut millions in contracts. We have laid off hundreds of employees. And the remaining ones have made concessions. (more...)

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