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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Beverly Hills Blocks Outside Students - NYTimes.com


Beverly Hills Blocks Outside Students - NYTimes.com:

"BEVERLY HILLS — During a contentious meeting ringed by police officers, the Beverly Hills school board voted Tuesday night to dismiss roughly 470 students enrolled in its schools on out-of-district permits.

The school system here has long opened its doors to students who live outside the district — currently about one in seven of its roughly 4,800 students — in large part because they brought a financial windfall for the system. But now, because cash-poor California has reduced local support to schools, including the reimbursements for out-of-district students, the so-called “permit students” are more of a burden to the schools than a boon."