I have kids in the district, and I have nieces and nephews coming up right behind them. Teacher Jocelyn Ramirez echoed the frustration, calling the cuts unfair. Despite hours of public outcry, the SAUSD board voted to approve the layoffs, eliminating positions, including teachers and counselors. Ron Hacker, Associate Superintendent of Business Services, defended the decision, citing financial necessity.
For teachers like Ashley Atilano, the decision is especially difficult to accept. To me, it's budget mismanagement. One is a year-old college freshman and heir to a popcorn fortune.
Another was hosting Model UN sessions in and a third was given money by his parents to invest in stocks while at his high school in Silicon Valley. President Trump issued two executive orders that call on his administration to look into more funding for schools that adopt his political ideologies.
Several Middle Tennessee schools will close this week due to widespread illness, officials say. Morrilton High School is mourning the loss of a student-athlete who was killed in a car crash.
With winter weather hitting the Pacific Northwest on Monday morning, school districts in Oregon and Washington have announced delayed openings, snow bus routes and some cancelations.
