Ft. Wayne Trying to Cope With Budget Cuts
12.03.10Filed Under: ECI News
Ft. Wayne School district officials tried to divert the hours of anger at a public hearing by blaming a reduction in state funding. A crowd of some 700 people packed the Elmhurst High School auditorium for a hearing on the plan Wednesday night, with many of them shouting at and berating (bee-RATE-ing) district officials. Besides closing the 840-student high school, the Superintendant recommended closing an elementary school and increasing teachers’ class loads.
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