Suspending Proposition 98 and slashing the monumental sum of $4.8 billion from our schools is the equivalent of laying off more than 107,000 teachers; or gutting per-student funding by more than $800; or cutting more than $24,000 per classroom statewide; or increasing class sizes statewide by as much as 35 percent. It is equivalent to closing every California public school for one month.
Carlos Garcia,Mark Sanchez
Thursday, March 20, 2008
We the undersigned, ask that you consider our children's education a top priority. It is important that we be fiscally responsible, but at the same time we have a moral responsibility to provide a good education to the future leaders, workers, and citizens of California. Let's find other ways we can cut costs in the state budget and let's keep investing in the future good of our people. We do not have a second chance to correct our wrongs when it has to do with a child's education. We have only one chance to do it right. Let's do the right thing, let's give our children the right to a successful future.
