Superintendent Joan Raymond is using money from utilies and health insurance to cover a four million dollar tab. That money will have to be paid back, so cuts are coming. But where the cuts will be made is not known yet. The school board is expected to approve Raymond's budget proposal next month. A national survey says teens think fewer students in a room makes for a better learning environment.
Teachers agree that more students are harder to speak with individually.
Surveyed students agree greater access to computers and the internet would be helpful. But, the idea of making the school day longer was very unpopular. Gas prices are up again. Yesterday, prices in South Bend jumped an average of 10 cents per gallon. That's a 40 cent increase in 2 weeks ago.