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Mesa district slices $1 million from schools

by Associated Press (February 11th, 2009 @ 3:52am)

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The Mesa Unified School District has been forced to cut an additional $1 million from its budget. That's on top of the $7 million to $8 million in budget cuts the district has already implemented.

District Superintendent Debra Duvall delivered the bad news Tuesday evening to the district's governing board.

This year's operating budget prior to the cuts was about $400 million for the nearly 70,000-student district.

To reach the desired goal, the district has implemented a hiring freeze, delayed the purchase of more than $3 million in textbooks, cut 10 percent of school and district supply budgets and reduced the number of computers that would be upgraded this year.

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    Yeah, keep those illegals out
    DavidD
    It is not their fault their parents dragged them here. But do keep them out of school so they nothing to do but commit crimes while their parents try to find work. I am not pro-illegal immigration, but I like to look at reality.
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    Amen..
    slamd095
    another way to save some money. Dont pay the administration 6 digits a year. Set limits on what kind of car the administration. A denali is not an educational car for the superintendent of mesa to bedriving around in. Tell the illegals that if they do not have some understanding of english, then they need to learn it and NOT BE INJECTED INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM!!!
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    us citizens first
    yori
    Don't allow illegals to attend public schools and you will see how much money it would be save.
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