Why are we just sitting here and taking this?

Headlines from around the state, from the FCMAT website:

Monday, March 3, 2008

School districts prepare to lose millions

School districts countywide are bracing for what could be one of the sharpest education cuts to the state budget since the late 1970s and are weighing their options: hiring freezes, school closures, early-retirement incentives and layoffs.

Schools plan for cuts as. districts wrestle with budget priorities

Inland Valley school districts are bracing for what could be one of the sharpest education cuts to the state budget since the late 1970s and are weighing their options: hiring freezes, school closures, early retirement incentives and layoffs.

Local school officials ponder drastic cuts

School districts across Kern County are preparing for what could be unprecedented cuts to education, including teacher layoffs, class size increases and the elimination of electives.

Massive teacher layoffs loom across O.C.

The county's 28 school districts are deep in efforts to develop plans to cut about $204 million, or 5 percent, from their operating budgets in the face of a mounting state budget crisis.

Schools operate in crisis mode

After crossing their fingers that they could avoid layoffs, teachers from Santa Ana to Kern County learned last week that they may not have jobs as their districts struggle to balance their books in anticipation of a $4.8-billion education cutback proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.