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Letter: Proposed school cuts are slanted

Friday, May 9, 2003 | 5:18 a.m.

As a 25-year teacher with the Clark County School District and parent of two children currently attending district schools, I am deeply troubled by the recently proposed worst-case scenario cuts conceived by our central office administration for presentation to our school board for its stamp of approval.

Yes, we are in tight times and the school district monies need to be very accountable, but how does our central office administration explain a more top-heavy expensive district than several years ago when it was reorganized with a plan tailored and implemented by our district power brokers to streamline and create a more efficient district. A plan, we were told, that would provide more dollars of our school budget directly impacting our children.

I'm confused why an overwhelming majority of the cuts on this proposal were to the "little employees" and the programming/services that directly impacted our children, while other areas within the school district maintained immunity and went obviously untouched.

BART BOULTON

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