At Monday's hearing, committee members brought up these small programs again and again. Fantini criticized a proposed cut that would eliminate one of the district's four science curriculum coordinators, saying the program has improved science instruction across the district.
"The quicker you reverse these cuts, the faster the morale will go up in that department," he told the superintendent.
"It is very difficult to cut a program I see flourishing," D'Alessandro replied. "Are we going to fund a few things well or many things mediocrely?"
D'Alessandro said literacy is her top priority--a priority committee members have said they agree with. The $1.1 million in new programs includes about $125,000 for a new elementary school writing initiative and expanded elementary reading program.
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