Budget burnout blamed for apathy over Sacramento City Unified's approval of school budget cuts
Published: Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 - 12:00 am | Page 1B
Sacramento City Unified School District trustees have approved $28 million in budget cuts that call for hundreds of employee layoffs, increasing class sizes and eliminating sports and extracurricular activities.
While these types of cuts have been met with angry crowds of parents in the past, school district officials and parents say there are fewer people attending public meetings about the cuts.
The reason? Budget burnout.
"There should be more people voicing their opinions, not less," said Joe Sison, the father of two Sacramento City Unified students. "The public should be more up in arms. I feel I am one of the
