[SAN FRANCISCO-Gov. Pete Wilson's budget attacks on the…]
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SAN FRANCISCO-Gov. Pete Wilson's budget attacks on the schools have had repercussions throughout California.
In San Francisco, students, parents, and teachers are protesting the city's plan to close two high schools; lay off more than 800 employees; and cancel arts and foreign language classes, sports, and some library services and health programs.
On Feb. 28, hundreds of angry students from Balboa High School came to a public hearing with their "Save Balboa" signs. "Closing Balboa is not going to solve any problems," argued senior Serria Carter. "It's going to create them."
The students booed when administrators referred to the proposed state budget that will cut school funding by $2 billion.
Teachers union officials have also vowed to fight the cutbacks. "By proceding to dismantle the schools of San Francisco, you accept Gov. Wilson's attempt to destroy public education in California as a fait accompli," said Joan Marie Shelley, the local union president.
-MICHAEL SCHREIBER