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By Linh Tat
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 at 6:42 pm in Education, New Haven Unified, Union City.
There was a photo in today’s paper of New Haven classified employees protesting budget cuts before Tuesday’s school board meeting. Below are more photos from the event that didn’t make our print edition:



(Top) Searles Elementary resource assistant Frances Ogle, a bilingual paraeducator, received a layoff notice last month. (Center) James Logan High special ed resource assistant Barbara Ramirez protests budget cuts outside the district office. (Bottom) Cabello Elementary kindergartners Jasmine and Maya Leon, both 5, join Tuesday’s rally.
Recently, the school board approved laying off 76 classified workers, such as classroom aides, secretaries and groundskeepers. And in two weeks, trustees will be asked to eliminate high school busing, which would mean laying off some drivers.
This was the second board meeting in a row where classified employees rallied outside the district office. I suspect they’ll be back at the May 20 meeting to protest further cuts.
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