At our meeting on June 12th, we also received a number of questions that had to do with the impact of recent changes on the AAPS budget, what likely budget scenarios were, and what options are being considered. We didn't get to most of these questions during the meeting, so let's talk about them here.

"School officials have been saying that the AAPS budget has been cut repeatedly for some years now. Can you give us some examples of cuts and changes that were made, and programs lost? Which ones hurt most, and which were less painful?"

"1) What do you feel the impact of the Pfizer closing will be on the schools? 2) What about consolidating services? Have there been any serious strategies proposed?"

"1) What impact do Federal mandates have on public school funding? 2) How do we work to raise funding issues to the County level?"

"Assume the worst - in one year, state revenues are below budget, no legislation to raise taxes in an election year, County millage fails. Based on the experience of California and elsewhere, what programs can we expect to be cut? (Music, art, PE, etc.?)"

"How would trimesters reduce teachers? [Mentioned by Dr. Roberts.] 2) Would we really limit top HS students' '7th hour'?"

"Would any revenue generated under a county enhancement millage be deducted from funds received from the state under proposal A?"

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