BHS Participates in Day of Action
Last Thursday, public education advocates throughout California spoke out against budget cuts through multiple rallies, marches, walk-outs, and other events in a statewide Day of Action.
Students and staff at institutions throughout the state came together to organize against the $17 billion in cuts that have already been made to California’s education budget, and against the new cuts expected in the coming year. In Berkeley and the larger Bay Area, dissent was audible on most campuses. Berkeley community members and Berkeley Unified School District staff, including classified employees and teachers from all education levels, passed out fliers on Thursday morning to raise awareness of the budget crisis.
After school, a rally was held along Martin Luther King Jr. War, at which Berkeley High School students, local families, and BUSD staff all spoke out against cuts.
UC Berkeley was shut down for the day and staged various events, and Berkeley City College along with other Bay Area state and community colleges all organized or participated in the Day of Action.
Bay Area protests culminated in a 5 PM rally at the San Francisco Civic Center, which a number of BHS students and teachers attended.
BUSD is facing $2.7 million in cuts for the next fiscal year, following more that $8 million worth of budget reductions in the last two years.
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You just don't get it
The budget cuts are not due to a lack of understanding of the importance of education. It is simple aritmetic. We don't have the money. There are not enough taxpayers earning enough money to tax.
Right now California is among the highest taxed state with sales, property and personnel income tax. Yet we still can not generate enough revenue to pay for what we want for education.
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