Maestra writes, "The Pajaro Valley Unified School District board of trustees voted to send pink slips to 201 teachers, nurses, and school support staff.

"School districts are taking a dramatic financial hit all over Calfornia next year thanks to Arnold's slashing of public school funding. Pajaro Valley school district is looking at having to cut 9.4 million dollars from their general fund next year and those being most adversely affected are elementary school students, their teachers, and the nurses who keep them healthy.

"In a desperate move to balance a budget and save their own jobs, the administrators of PVUSD have decided not to trim the fat from the top of the pyramid, rather preserving their high salary positions while instead removing a possible 130 teachers from the classroom. What does this look like for students? Larger class size, for one. The current ratio of 20:1 in Kindergarten through 3rd grade could be bumped up to 34:1." Read More

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