Cuts

There were some interesting suggestions made at last night's budget committee meeting.  

• Bigger class sizes at the Jr. Sr. High School. Combining math levels, for example. Is bigger better?

• "Looking at" classes like home ec and woodworking. For the record, they don't call it home ec anymore.

• Eliminating extra art classes like ceramics. Not sure why ceramics doesn't make the grade.

• Pay to play. It's a slippery slope.

• Cutting "optional" programs. My understanding of this is cutting electives. Interesting. Just because they're electives doesn't mean they aren't necessary.

• Bringing in consultants to deal with the "business" of special education. More on this later.

And this process is just getting started.