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Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:00 am
Budget cuts bring families together for Thanksgiving
Marty Weybret martw@lodinews.com
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My youngest son Mike, a sophomore at San Diego State University,
came home Friday for a Thanksgiving holiday and many of his friends
have done the same.
Blake Roget, a fifth-year senior at CSU Long Beach, said all
Wednesday classes were cancelled on that campus and all but two of
her Monday and Tuesday classes, so she decided to come home for an
extended holiday with her parents Randy and Arlene.
“Since I only had two classes, I talked to my professors and I
figured it would be okay to skip them," she said.
Fees have been raised in order to balance the state's colleges
and university budgets. But from the kids and the
Internet, I've learned thatan elaborate plan of furlough days
has been imposed to reduce employee compensation at the state's
universities.
Some of the furlough days are discretionary and instructors have
been randomly canceling classes.
"They can't even answer their e-mails on those days," said
Blake. She wishes there had been more coordination.
"It would have been awesome if all (teachers) had chosen to
utilize (furlough days) the week before Thanksgiving," said
Blake.
A week-long Thanksgiving break was part of the schedule this
year and last at CSU, Chico, according to sophomore Will Darsie. He
too was driving home Friday to spend Thanksgiving with his folks
Bill and Syd Darsie of Woodbridge.
Parents and students are paying higher fees; students are
getting fewer days of education. But the blessing for some parents
it their kids are coming home for a long holiday. It will be good
to have them.
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