300 School-Job Cuts Expected Outside City ; Districts Also Eye Tax Hikes, Reduced Programs to Cover Gap Created by Decrease in State Aid
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About 300 people who work for area school districts outside Buffalo -- including many teachers -- can expect to lose their jobs in the face of massive state funding cuts. In addition, most school boards are approving major tax increases to cover the gap.
Some are also scaling back on academic and extracurricular activities.See the full content of this document
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300 School-Job Cuts Expected Outside City ; Districts Also Eye Tax Hikes, Reduced Programs to Cover Gap Created by Decrease in State Aid
This means bigger class sizes and fewer resources for children across all grade levels.
"It's the most difficult I've ever seen," said Geoffrey Hicks, superintendent of Sweet Home Central Schools. "There's an understanding that there's a crisis and the state is going to have to do this, ...See the full content of this document
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