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Originally posted by Lebell
To put this in concrete terms:
It means kids will have less school supplies, like paper, glue, and books.
It means cuts in music and art programs.
It means larger class sizes and less time for individual instrution.
It means fewer teachers and not even a cost of living raise for those who remain.
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Thank you Lebell, you're so level-headed it's almost frightening.
And, actually, the public schools are losing $285 Million, according to the bill. That means, my old school district, the Hillsboro School District,who would recieve the biggest percentage of that money, 19%, they have to cut about $54 million.
Last year, we had to cut about half that, and we lost 17 days of school in order to make up for it. and that's AFTER closing an elementary school and firing a good load of first year teachers.
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Originally posted by Ustwo
I'm sure they will do just fine.
Less government rarely hurts.
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Ustwo, that DOES make a difference, we weren't, and aren't fine. This is serious for us.
the Oregon University System recieves only about $15 million from this package, but generally speaking, that's the same as one of the school districts, besides HSD, so it hurts us quite a bit too.
Lastly, smooth
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Originally posted by smooth
At SOU last year, we had a 5% cut across the board--that's every department. Students had to print their own syllabus (I know it's seems minor, but that's how barebones the cuts are going). That is, we've been making things "lean" for the past decade. In the words of one professor, There ain't no more to cut, bub! [/B]
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You're also a part of Southern? are you a teacher or student?