Districts continue to cut funding

RBC I School districts face another year of drastic cuts as the negative factor increases from -12.94 percent in 2011-12 to -16.1 percent for 2012-13. Options to keep cuts away from the classroom are unrealistic. 
Districts’ only options become limited after four years of cuts:
* Increase class sizes
* Eliminate programs
* Increase furlough days (staff and students do not come to school, no one is paid)
* Four-day school weeks
* Reduce student contact time