Budget cuts impacting summer school

Summer school is the latest to feel the brunt of state cuts to education. This just in from the State Superintendent:

"SACRAMENTO -- State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell held a news conference today at McClatchy High School with members of the education community to highlight the effect of budget cuts to education on summer school programs across the state.

"The elimination of summer school courses threatens to significantly affect students already behind in their schoolwork because they will miss out on the chance to catch up to their peers over the summer break," O'Connell said.

"Some districts that offer summertime intervention programs for English learners cannot afford to keep their classrooms open. Even schools that are just scaling back what they offer will begin offering classes only to students who need to complete courses in order to graduate. This means that students looking to get ahead or improve their grade point average will not be able to do so." "