Tag: budget cuts

Faculty at San Francisco State University returned to the bargaining table over contract disputes even as a strike continues to loom.

Budget cuts have forced Gardener Academy in West San Jose to utilize a cost saving mechanism which combines classes from different grades. Educators say the students are the ones paying the price.

Martha Gutierrez calls Meals on Wheels her “guardian angels” for their help in providing food for her 90-year-old father. The program is struggling to survive as the City of San Jose is cutting funding.

Amidst major budget cuts that have left senior citizen services on the chopping block, Maria Fernandez of Sacred Heart Community Services shares the organizing efforts by elders who are fighting to keep their community healthy and whole.

High school student body presidents in the Bay Area say budget cutbacks are damaging their shot at a college education.

Writer Diane Solomon, a San Jose State graduate, profiles a current student and reflects on how their different economic landscapes impacted their educational pursuits.

The early months of 2011 have already registered 11 homicides in East San Jose. Young men of color have been both victims and perpetrators of the attacks. De-Bug gathered young men from the Eastside to talk about what they are seeing on the streets, and what can be done to stop the violence.

When one new educator started volunteering at a homework center at Willow Glen library, she saw students grow in confidence and skills in the classroom. This year's budget cuts has eliminated after-school programs like hers, and she writes, the damage may cost more than we can account for.