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Class Size: How Large Is Too Large? An Essay By the CUSD Recall Committee

Mar 29, 2010 Filed in: Budget | Class Size | Teacher Salaries
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With tough economic times and continuous cuts to school district budgets, the current debate in many school districts is how to keep school districts solvent. Between 80 percent and 88 percent of the total local school district's budget pays for salaries and benefits. When cutting costs, the choice becomes reduction in employee compensation or increase in class size and loss of programs to students.

Once class sizes are increased and programs are lost, they don't come back. How many students in a classroom are too many students: 36, 40, 50 or 100?

The line in the sand has been drawn and you MUST decide which side you will stand on. Your kids, our kids, want you to stand on their side.

The choice is yours… Read More...

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CUSD teacher concerned about district's emphasis on standards, while quality of educational experience suffers

Oct 15, 2007 Filed in: Academic Performance | Overcrowding | Quotes
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Marianne Irwin, CUSD Board of Trustees Meeting "So I ask you, when we talk about the standards, I agree with the standards. I think they’re great. But the fact is, I’ve butcher-papered so many standards, every late start is standards. I feel like I’m calling audibles in a football game, 'Twelve point two four, twelve point…' I want to 'live it.' I’m really…I’m tired of just coming to my classroom and talking. I think we need to 'live it.' ”

Irwin made this statement during public comments at the October 15 2007 CUSD Board of Trustees meeting. Irwin is a 36-year teaching veteran who teaches world literature at Dana Hills High School.

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CUSD teacher says district "plays with" statistics, touting 94% as going on to higher learning, when less than 45% complete four years

Oct 15, 2007 Filed in: Academic Performance | Overcrowding | Quotes
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Marianne Irwin, CUSD Board of Trustees Meeting "I think we need to address another statistic. The district has published a great one, and that is that 94% of our students go on to higher learning, when I know the fact is fewer than 45 are attending four years. And I think that’s a statistic that’s played with, and I think we can do better."

Irwin made this statement during public comments at the October 15 2007 CUSD Board of Trustees meeting. Irwin is a 36-year teaching veteran who teaches world literature at Dana Hills High School.

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