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Cambridge Superintendent of Schools William Lannon turned to answer the question with a weary shrug. "Everything I've worked for in the last five years I've cut out in the last five days...
...Lannon's proposed budget would increase spending 13 per cent over last year; with inflation running at 18 per cent and state and federally-mandated programs increasing, the new budget would force the schools to fire 80 teachers and virtually close down departments like elementary guidance and remedial reading...
...make cuts--our priority was to maintain in-classroom instruction as best we could," Lannon said...
Committee members criticized cuts in the elementary science and remedial reading programs. "In a budget this size, I don't see how we can make cuts of this magnitude in one area [elementary science, where Lannon cut eight teachers]," committee vice chairman Alice Wolf said last night...
...meet the state-mandated 4 per cent cap, Lannon told the meeting last night average class size would have to increase 15 per cent, more than 200 staff would be laid-off and many major programs, including all elementary school libraries, would be wiped...