Facing Deficits, Some States Cut Summer School »
Posted By engineer 4 months, 4 weeks ago in FamilyNearly every school system in Florida has eviscerated or eliminated summer school this year, and officials are reporting sweeping cuts in states from North Carolina and Delaware to California and Washington. The cuts have come as states across the country are struggling to approve budgets, and California’s governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, declared a fiscal state of emergency on Wednesday.
“We’re seeing a disturbing trend of districts making huge cuts to summer school; they’re just devastating these programs,” said Ron Fairchild, executive director of the National Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University. “It’s having a disproportionate impact on low-income families.”
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Eliminating summer school to save money: Penny wise and pound foolish? Sad to take from those who need it the most? Adding to long term deficits of all sorts (financial, educational, cultural, safety, subsequent generations, ...)
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All of the above. Cutting summer school to save money not only defers an expense but compounds it hugely, as these children fall further behind and need more remedial services. ... And some will face further escalating discouragement with school, increasing problems as the years go by, and need to be helped by ever-more costly social programs.
Spend the money at the earliest of years, with the children. My "trickle up" economics!!
What more to say! It's just sad to see.
Carl Hindy, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Nashua, NH
http://www.hindyassociates.com
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