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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, I made this same point several pages ago and we keep coming back to AAP - it's between $5 and $10 million (maybe).  If you don't like AAP, there's a whole other forum just about AAP.  Whether it should be changed or not is not exactly the major issue related to the system's budget.  This thread could actually generate some good ideas, or consensus, etc...that could be used to lobby the county and the school board.  Getting stuck on AAP is derailing that effort (and I actually agree AAP needs changes - I just think it's the tail wagging the dog when you are talking about this budget situation).

Tell me how you get to $140 million in cuts that don't hurt (a lot) - I can't get there.  I know some previous posters have pointed out that we shouldn't dismiss small cuts because they can add up and that's true enough, but while we all have a program here or there we think could be cut - can you get to $140 w/o cutting a lot of stuff you do think is important?

The school board can't just pick here and there - they have to figure out how to get to the total amount in cuts.

I think that level of cuts is going to be very painful and bad for the quality of the school system.  Various folks on this thread have talked about cutting ESOL (not going to happen and would have all kinds of negative consequences), art, music, reading specialists, AAP, etc...

A school system that didn't have those things would not be one ranked highly nationally or one that would be considered to be implementing best practices.  [/quote]

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