Beth Gaines on the state budget. More cuts to schools and public safety. The wrong choice for us.“ALL nurses, gone. One-third of counselors, gone. Transportation to athletic events, gone. Middle school academies, dismantled” SACRAMENTO BEE GOP’s No-Tax Stand Hurts Schools Sunday April 3, 2011Beth Gaines on the state budget. More cuts ke Larger class sizes. Not buying textbooks. ornia’s pubic schools have seen a precipitous decline in state money during the last three years, and it stands to get worse given the latest budget impasse in Sacramento. "We have been issuing layolT notices on a scale I never thought would happen in my career Frank Porter of Tisin Rivers Unified told ‘The Bee's editorial board. "Declines in services. Diminished morale among teachers and staff” ‘We're numbed at the cuts we've been absorbing since 2007-08,’ said Rich Pierucci of the Roseville City Elementary district. Larger class sizes. Not buying textbooks, Not fling positions. ‘And we're better off than many districts, said Rich Pierueci of the Roseville City Elementary district, “Tn the lat three years, we have lost $1 for every $5 we used to get said Mark Geyer of the Day Creek Joint Elementary district. The Rocklin Unified district now has third-grade clases of 28 students and ninthgrade math classes of 35 students, up from 20 three years ago.” Source: SACRAMENTO BEE, GOPS NO-TAX STAND HURTS SCHOOLS, Sunday. Ap 3.201schools, The wrong choice for us. Failure to act. All Cuts Budget. “[Governor] Brown tried a “half & half” approach for solving the state's deficit ~half cuts, hall tax extensions. [voters had approved the tax extensions, education would have had essentially a finding a litle less than the year before. But the bleeding would have been stachd Brown's proposal required placing a measure on the June ballot to keep income, sales and vehicle license fees at existing levels for the next five yeas.” Rigid tax pledge. End of story for schools? “Like her husband, Beth Gaines has signed the rigid “no tax” pledge. End of story, it seems If Ted and Beth Gaines won't listen to educators in thee dstrits, perhaps they wil Hsten to parents. The people of Roseville, Recklin, Loomis, Folsom, Placerville, and Bl Dorado Hills need to pound on the doors oftheir candidates and legislators to get the budget resolved. Now.” Source: AGRAMENTO BEE, GOPS NO-TAX STAND HURTS SCHOOLS, Sunday Ape 3, 2011