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Radio City 40's Flashback 5 Minute Mystery
Audio courtesy of The Acalanes Drama Department
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Clearer Picture of Budget Cuts Emerging
State may further reduce funding; district worries more losses could impact graduation
By Lindsey Lohman, Staff Writer
For weeks, two ominous words have been on the tip of the tongue of almost every student, staff member, and administrator at Acalanes: budget cuts.
In January, the Acalanes Union High School District (AUHSD) announced its $4.8 million shortfall, but cuts may mean more than first realized.
The severity of the budget cuts may mean drastic cuts to elective programs. All students throughout the district are guaranteed only six periods for the 2010-2011 school year. Unfortunately, this is a decrease in number of classes taken during the current school year for two-thirds of Acalanes students.
A Story of Budget Cuts: Peek into Acalanes’ Future
A look at the potentially catastrophic effects of budget cuts on Acalanes in coming years
By Bri Tarpey, Managing Editor
Editors’ Note: as of press time, budget cuts have been passed but have not taken effect. This article hypothesizes what school days and programs may be like in the ‘10-’11 school year based on predictions made by students, teachers, and administrators.
Life Without a Librarian:
I peer around the corner to stare at the large, darkened, haunted room. The tall bookshelves filled with whimsical adventures, biographies, history resources, and science are depressing and lifeless, filled with dust as they sit far from regaining their former glory while sitting on the shelves.
These books will no longer tell their tales to creative and open minds. Now students’ minds are no longer enriched by knowledge inside these covers. One year ago today the library vivaciously buzzed with the chatter of happily working students. There is no longer anyone to kindly shush these hardworking students. The unnatural quiet consumes the library filling it with grave sadness and warning against entering.
The library only bears only the fading traces of the of the beloved former librarian Karen Findlay. Only teachers can open the library to bring in their classes and use the technology that used to be available to all. Once a week, the rotating librarian shows her face around campus to make sure books are still in place, give overdue notices, and check the entire system. Out of the five— day school week, there is only one when the doors to the library open briefly, unless of course a teacher chooses to use what the library has to offer.
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