Education Law

The devastating results of school budget cuts

BoardBuzz has seen the devastating results of lay-offs in our school districts including: larger class sizes that do not facilitate the type of interaction and specialized instruction for many students and teachers; the loss of specialists for intervention programs such as reading and math coaches and after school tutoring; and discontinued extracurricular programs that help provide a well-rounded education program for our students.

Take for example Virginia, where  Gov. Bob McDonnell is recommending $731 million in cuts over the next 2.5 years.

Virginia’s proposed budget cuts will trickle down to each of the local school districts.

The largest school district in Virginia, Fairfax County, has announced it is planning to cut hundreds of education jobs and reducing full-day kindergarten, foreign language immersion, sports, music programs, and social workers and guidance counselors. Additionally, class sizes could increase and new fees are being considered for athletics and for Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on February 24, 2010 (boomark / email).