Education Coalition Rallies in Defense of School Funds
Parents, Teachers, Superintendents, School Employees, School Board Members and Other Educators Discuss Devastating Local Impacts of Proposed State Budget Cuts; Press Conference and Rally with Parents, Educators and Students on the Local Impact of Proposed Budget Cuts to Schools
Click here to see more photos from the rally. (Photo by John McElwain, College of the Canyons)
The group called upon members of the Legislature to uphold Proposition 98, the minimum school funding guarantee, and reject the draconian proposed cuts to schools and student services, and seek other remedies to the state’s dilemma.
The proposed statewide cuts for the 2008-09 school year would mean approximately $25 million less for the elementary, high school and community college districts of the Santa Clarita Valley, which will result in increased class sizes, reduced per-student spending and possible workforce reductions affecting, but not limited to, bus drivers, janitors, food service workers and other education professionals. It may lead to reductions of class offerings at the higher education level.
The rally’s participants included representatives, parents, students, teachers and employees from the following Districts:
Castaic Union School District
College of the Canyons
William S. Hart Union High School District
Newhall School District
Saugus Union School District
Sulphur Springs Union School District
