"How do you know when you're in a family? When you're asked to clean up messes you didn't make and pay for expenses you didn't incur.
That's what it's like to be a parent in most families. Increasingly, it's what it feels like to be a parent in California school districts, which have lost $18 billion in state funds over the past two budget cycles.
Of course, the budget news is not good throughout the entire state. City and county governments are cutting positions, reducing services, furloughing workers, trimming hours. If your city reduces summer programs and library hours, city residents suck it up. But schools are different."
That's what it's like to be a parent in most families. Increasingly, it's what it feels like to be a parent in California school districts, which have lost $18 billion in state funds over the past two budget cycles.
Of course, the budget news is not good throughout the entire state. City and county governments are cutting positions, reducing services, furloughing workers, trimming hours. If your city reduces summer programs and library hours, city residents suck it up. But schools are different."
