There have been many cuts to well protected programs of many years within this past year that have a huge impact on the communities that the schools serve. Many summer school programs have been eliminated, along with music programs and even our beloved sports programs that many schools hold dear to. Another area that has been greatly reduced is with transportation and buses. For example, in the Bayless District of St. Louis, the school board voted to eliminate bus transportation to save $250,000. When it comes to sports programs, many districts would save up to a few million dollars if they cut those programs to help use the budget sparingly.
My initial reaction to this article was, "What is the world coming to?" and "Where in the world are our priorities?". It's sad to see so many programs that have to be eliminated because of budget shortfalls and poor economic planning for those rainy days. Well, here is the rainy days! I think that so many times we take things for granted and when our nation is faced with difficult times like these budget cuts, we lose out on all of the great programs that we used to have and now have to get rid of. Maybe this is a lesson that the whole country can learn from for the future.
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