TeacherPensions.org: Thanks to Rising Benefit Costs, San Diego Needs Your Help Cutting Its School Budget

This afternoon, I spotted a tweet from a San Diego parent: 

There’s something particularly wrenching about being asked what services should be cut at your kid’s school to pay for increased employee pension & healthcare costs, when most working parents don’t have pensions. https://t.co/Vs6uMojuSt cc @sdschools

— Ashley Lewis (@AshleyJPL) January 12, 2018

I followed the link to the survey, and a message from the San Diego Unified School District said it was seeking input on how to resolve a growing budget shortfall due to “increases in costs outside of the district’s immediate control, such as healthcare costs, utilities expenses, and state retirement contributions that are all expected to rise for the foreseeable future.” 

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