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Friday, November 4, 2011

Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: What's Next? School Lunches?

Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: What's Next? School Lunches?:

What's Next? School Lunches?

The Seattle Times is reporting that Governor Gregoire is considering cutting K-12 bus transportation.

But any squeamishness over student-transportation cuts isn't enough to keep that $220 million idea off her list of ways to potentially deal with budget shortfalls, the latest a $2 billion one.

Washington would be the first to completely eliminate state dollars for bus service because of the recent recession, said Bob Riley, executive director of the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services. He noted that a few other states, including California and Colorado, have cut school-