School Beat: 2008-2009 in ReviewLisa Schiffbyline‚ Jun. 04‚ 2009Note: School Beat will be on summer vacation until August 27th. Summer vacation arrives next Tuesday, but it may not bring much rest for public education supporters. Though schools and classrooms will be closed, there will be plenty of open seats on the public education roller coaster ride. As of Monday’s education budget hearings in Sacramento, San Francisco families and educators along with the rest of California’s public education community are still attempting to stare down the tenacious budgetary and political challenges that have become all too familiar. The year ends then as it always does, with fiscal uncertainty, albeit significantly ratcheted up this time around. |