Budget Cuts Suck

I seriously can't believe what our School Board is trying to do in an attempt to cut the budget. They are proposing to bring in frozen lunches from another state instead of the hot lunches we currently have for students. The kids in my K class get one hot meal a day and all of them eat breakfast and lunch at school. It has created some outrage in the community and I'll be attending the School Board meeting on Tuesday to see what happens. We all know that teachers are underpaid and overworked yet they keep cutting positions. So far this year they've cut the DDP (Developmentally Delayed Preschool) program which means all of those kids will either go to K or Pre-K. They've not allowed aides to have a sub. This means if the aide for my hearing impaired student is sick, we have to make things work to get her through the day. She is in K and thankfully her mother has worked with her on sign language and things but what about the kids whose parents haven't? They just struggle through the day with no aide. Or the Pre-K teacher with a huge class? Having the aide there makes a difference. Not to mention the Behavior Disorder classroom. Those students need multiple aides. Something has to be done and it's hard to find an answer that doesn't cause the students to suffer in some form. Louisiana is already behind in education. Way to make that gap even wider.