Vancouver Shortens School Year to Help With Budget Shortfall
Vancouver
Students at Vancouver schools will see their school-year shortened by 10 days to deal with an $18.1-million budget shortfall.
The Vancouver School Board voted last night to adopt a school calendar for 2010-11 that will cancel early dismissal days and extend the instructional day to allow schools to close for 10 additional days.
Vancouver board chairwoman Patti Bacchus says the decision was taken reluctantly but trustee Ken Denike, the only board member to vote against the motion, says other options to save...
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