Your comments: Frustration with Portland Public Schools' budget, proposed PE cuts
Published: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 10:37 AM Updated: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 11:09 AM
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Here are a couple of the more thoughtful comments on the story "Portland school board reluctant to spend more from savings to prevent painful teacher cutbacks."
geoffk writes:
"My letter to Carol Smith and the PPS Schoolboard:
In the span of a single month you've gone from a battle to close the achievement gap now to cutting the budget gap. Rather than standing up and fighting for the schools you've shown that you have absolutely no power and are giving our children absolutely no voice with the state government.
The answer here is clear, stand before the governor and say that PPS can not absorb the proposed budget cuts and still serve the children of Portland. You had your opportunity to speak out about this tonight at the Board Meeting. You could have refused to cut and sent a message across the entire state that schools can only be cut
Portland school board reluctant to spend more from savings to prevent painful teacher cutbacks
Board members said they must hold the line given a $19 million cut in state spending and a looming $50 million shortfall in the next two school years.