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Educators Rally at School Board Meeting, Warn Governor’s Budget Could Bankrupt Districts

San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education · March 11, 2008
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Union leaders, the superintendent and students urged action against proposed state education cuts; superintendent highlighted a positive interim budget but warned of pink slips affecting roughly 540 employees and said many districts could be forced to close.

A sizable contingent of educators and union leaders packed the San Francisco Unified School District board meeting to protest proposed state education budget cuts and press elected officials for a stronger response. Dennis Kelly, introduced by the board as president of the United Educators of San Francisco, told the board the governor’s plan makes "education the sacrificial lamb" and urged local resistance.

Superintendent Carson told the board the…

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