The cuts are also being felt in economically depressed areas like Richmond, near San Francisco, where unemployment is 17.6 percent and violent crime and poverty are common.
“Kids come to school hungry; some are homeless,” said Mary Flanagan, 55, a third-grade teacher from Richmond. “How can we deal with problems like that with as many as 38, 40 kids in a class?”
I empathize. But this really boils down to a one sentence reply.
“Show me the money.”
In reading Ms. Flanagan’s comments, I now realize, I never learned to read or write and never graduated from High School College or Law School. I can’t belive I have have been so delusional for the last 60 years. Thanks for straightening me out.