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Friday, December 4, 2009

Community Journalist Emily Alpert "TWEETS" SDUSD Board Meeting



Community Journalist Emily Alpert "TWEETS"
San Diego Unified School District Budget Forum


@emilyschoolsyou
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Professor: "I don't think we can make more cuts."


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Reply Retweet Stone, age 6: "I speak French and I need my school."

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Reply Retweet Another parent says individual schools should have control over their spending.

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Reply Retweeted (Undo) Doug Porter of OBRag: "We need to have one message. And the message is real simple. No more cuts!"

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Reply Retweet A parent gets teary. "We need Parents and teachers to stop fighting each other about the minutiae of it all," she says.

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Reply Retweeted (Undo) One science teacher says she bought all the lab supplies for her class herself.

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Reply Retweeted (Undo) Richard Barrera: "What is worth fighting for?" Urges parents to talk about that, not squabble about cuts.

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Reply Retweet Kowba: "we're in it together"

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Reply Retweet 75% of school district budget is from state

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Reply Retweet $183 million cut from schools in last two years

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Reply Retweet But costs such as salaries, benefits and utilities have increased.

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Reply Retweet Schools have suffered a 14% drop in per-pupil costs over last three years.

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Reply Retweeted (Undo) Range of possible cuts for San Diego schools: $147million--$203million. Numbers can and probably will evolve.

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Reply Retweeted (Undo) Interim Sup. Bill Kowba: There is "no champion" for education in the Legislature

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Reply Retweeted (Undo) Interesting crowd: Andrea Guerrero of the ACLU, political consultant Larry Remer, principals, tons of teachers at San Diego budget workshop.

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Reply Retweet But first, frivolity RT @fmanjoo: Sexy's back: Justin Timberlake spotted wearing an NPR t-shirt. http://bit.ly/7U09Rb

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Reply Retweet En route to a San Diego Unified budget forum! Look for sound, fury and tweets.

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