Sentences with phrase «strapped public school systems»

All of a sudden in a resource - strapped public school system like mine, I could take IB and AP classes, take courses in philosophy and economics, participate in foreign exchange programs, study Arabic and Chinese, and choose from an impressive suite of extra curricular activities.

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In his first budget address to the legislature, Murphy said he would use the extra revenue to ramp up state aid for school districts, increase funding for the beleaguered NJ Transit and a make a larger payment into the cash - strapped public worker pension system.