Comments on: LAUSD Budget Cuts Office Personnel http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/15/lausd-budget-cuts-office-personnel/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:51:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dorit http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/15/lausd-budget-cuts-office-personnel/#comment-50346 dorit Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:30:29 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/15/lausd-budget-cuts-office-personnel/#comment-50346 New teachers (ones who started last year) will be laid off. The three new teachers at my daughter’s school already received pink slips. And although I am happy LAUSD will not be increasing class size (the one factor in the dramatically increasing test scores at my kids school has been smaller class size) I wonder what kind of schools we will have with out the added extras like math and reading coaches, reduced nurse days and fewer music and library hours. Many school use Categorical funds (money they get for low income kids or kids from families that don’t speak English) to fund these programs. The Governor cut these funds (but when he says the schools are getting more next year then this, he does not count the loss of these funds). Schools that don’t have large populations of poor or English Learners use School and Library improvement funds to help fund the nurse, music and PE. LAUSD has restored these funds, thankfully. But that has caused a riff between the “Middle Class” schools and the”working class” schools. And between school board members who openly fought about who is hurt more, rich or poor. Hell all LAUSD schools are in the same boat and it all sucks!!! New teachers (ones who started last year) will be laid off. The three new teachers at my daughter’s school already received pink slips.
And although I am happy LAUSD will not be increasing class size (the one factor in the dramatically increasing test scores at my kids school has been smaller class size) I wonder what kind of schools we will have with out the added extras like math and reading coaches, reduced nurse days and fewer music and library hours. Many school use Categorical funds (money they get for low income kids or kids from families that don’t speak English) to fund these programs. The Governor cut these funds (but when he says the schools are getting more next year then this, he does not count the loss of these funds). Schools that don’t have large populations of poor or English Learners use School and Library improvement funds to help fund the nurse, music and PE. LAUSD has restored these funds, thankfully. But that has caused a riff between the “Middle Class” schools and the”working class” schools. And between school board members who openly fought about who is hurt more, rich or poor. Hell all LAUSD schools are in the same boat and it all sucks!!!

]]> By: frazgo http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/15/lausd-budget-cuts-office-personnel/#comment-50333 frazgo Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:26:47 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/15/lausd-budget-cuts-office-personnel/#comment-50333 I'd rather see some non-essential clerical jobs go instead of teachers and schools closing bringing overcrowded classrooms in its wake. LAUSD is in better shape than the smaller districts like my own MUSD. 1M from us hurts. the 09-10 school year we have been warned will include yet another 1M cut. That will result in either an elementary school or a middle school closed causing severly overcrowded classroom. What are we to do? I’d rather see some non-essential clerical jobs go instead of teachers and schools closing bringing overcrowded classrooms in its wake.

LAUSD is in better shape than the smaller districts like my own MUSD. 1M from us hurts. the 09-10 school year we have been warned will include yet another 1M cut. That will result in either an elementary school or a middle school closed causing severly overcrowded classroom.

What are we to do?

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