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Hear Superintendents Across Wisconsin: Walker’s “Education Budget” Hurts School Districts « Larry Miller's Blog

Hear Superintendents Across Wisconsin: Walker’s “Education Budget” Hurts School Districts « Larry Miller's Blog

Hear Superintendents Across Wisconsin: Walker’s “Education Budget” Hurts School Districts

New Wisconsin budget creates
fiscal obstacles for schools, kids

July 20th press conference at Greenfield School District
School District officials and parents from around the state met to let the public know that the state budget cuts are curtailing students’ opportunity to learn.

School board members, district administrators and parents from across the state gathered in Greenfield on Wednesday to speak about how the $1.6 billion education state budget cut impacts schools, families and communities. Their message was: “It’s not OK.”

According to Bruce Quinton, superintendent of the Pepin School District, Governor Scott Walker’s recent cuts