Budgetary shortfalls, school district bankruptcies, teacher and administrator layoffs, hiring and salary freezes, pension system defaults, shorter school years, ever - larger classes, faculty furloughs, fewer
course electives, reduced field trips, foregone or curtailed athletics, outdated textbooks, teachers having to make do with fewer supplies, cuts in school maintenance, and other tales of fiscal woe inevitably captivate the news media, particularly during the late - spring and
summer budget and appropriations seasons.
Offer credit recovery, intervention, acceleration, and
elective courses at school or from students» homes during the
summer.