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The saga of state funding for schools aside (see this article), the AAPS is currently trying to find a way to close a $5 million budget deficit for next year. Things may be worse than that, if school funding isn’t sorted out at the state level, or if many children leave the district in the wake of the Pfizer closing and troubles at Ford. (Schools receive funds on a per-pupil basis, and each student that leaves takes approximately $9600 with them.)

The AAPS is already working on changes to the middle school curriculum that will, among other things, shave $2 million from the budget. More changes are to come, no matter what happens in Lansing. What should be done, and how? What are the choices, the consequences, the benefits? Let’s talk about this as a community.