Word: caps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...short, to meet the King cap, "we'd have to destroy the schools," one school committee member said...
There is a chance, however, that taxes may be held down. Gov. Edward J. King's 4-per-cent spending cap, adopted during Proposition 13 fever, can be overridden only if six members of the City Council vote...
...meet King's cap, Lannon said the system would have to close four schools. Close elementary libraries. Axe elementary science programs. Increase class size 15 per cent. Lay off 210 staff. Move the central office to a new, smaller home. Stop sabbatical leaves for teachers. End the cultural resources program. Halt elementary athletics. Close down the bilingual summer school, the evening program, and adult diploma classes. Stop teaching foreign languages at the elementary schools. And stop all raises of any sort for teachers...
...more than likely, the City Council will vote to override the cap. "There is no way we can keep any city budget under 4 per cent. Inflation is running at 18 per cent and people have to get raises," Duehay said...
...description she gave the inspector at the Park St. station was that of a black man, "Five-foot-nine, wearing a black knitted cap, and that's about all that I had said." The description offered no discussion of his build...