| Orange County, CA | November 2, 2004 Election |
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Santa Ana Schools are FailingBy Deborah M. VasquezCandidate for Board Member; Santa Ana Unified School District |
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Save our schools. Vote "VASQUEZ" for Santa Ana School Board!Our teachers recently took a 4% pay cut with the promise from the district that their class size would be reduced to 33 students per class; but, we still have classrooms with up to 50 students per class! Source: Orange County Register, Thursday, September 16, 2004 Under current board leadership, the number of failing schools has grown from 20 to 31 in just one school year; that is over 50% of the schools in the entire district. Half the children in the SAUSD are being left behind! Source: California Department of Education "Thirty schools in Orange County, nearly half in Santa Ana, have joined the list of campuses that have failed to meet testing requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act, the state Education Department announced on Wednesday." Source: Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, October 14, 2004 "12 area campuses face possible takeovers under federal No Child Left Behind law. Half are in Santa Ana Santa Ana Unified: Valley High; Sierra, Carr and McFadden intermediate; Edison, Hoover, Franklin and Garfield elementary" Source: Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, October 14, 2004 |
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