Why are Catawba County Schools in North Carolina possibly going to have less school days next year?”
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/may/23/proposed-education-cuts-could-include-fewer-school/news/ Proposed education cuts could include fewer school days By Sarah Newell Williamson | Hickory Daily Record Published: May 23, 2009 HICKORY — When students go back to school in August, the classrooms may be very different. As the N.C. Legislature works to create its budget, it’s examining different avenues to balance the budget. That includes cuts in education. Some of the bigger cuts being considered include eliminating 6,005 teachers, which would increase class size by two students per grade; reducing the number of teacher assistants by 4,663; having 354 fewer counselors, media specialists and social workers; allowing 187 fewer assistant principals; and reducing the length of the school year by five days for the next two years. It is this last pr
When students go back to school in August, the classrooms may be very different. As the N.C. Legislature works to create its budget, it’s examining different avenues to balance the budget. That includes cuts in education. Some of the bigger cuts being considered include eliminating 6,005 teachers, which would increase class size by two students per grade; reducing the number of teacher assistants by 4,663; having 354 fewer counselors, media specialists and social workers; allowing 187 fewer assistant principals; and reducing the length of the school year by five days for the next two years. It is this last proposal that has left many in the education community stunned. “I think it was a surprise to everybody,” said Tim Markley, superintendent of Catawba County Schools. “It’s unacceptable. The rationale is that the last five days aren’t being used, that they’re transitional days. I’m hoping that Gov.
