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GBA president urges board to oppose voucher-driven cuts, urges state funding increase
Summary
Brent Bergstrom, president of the Green Bay Education Association, told the Green Bay Area Public School District board on March 17 that state funding shortfalls and diversion of public dollars to private voucher programs are harming public schools and staff.
Brent Bergstrom, president of the Green Bay Education Association, addressed the board during the public forum, urging sustained local and legislative pressure to boost public school funding and criticizing the diversion of public dollars to private voucher programs.
Bergstrom identified himself as a music educator and GBA president representing over 1,300 education staff. "Time and time again, [legislators] have funneled money out of public schools'which 90 to 95% of students across the country…
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