Basic News Writing

Teacher Job Cuts

• Who?Austin school district administrators.
• Who is involved?parents and employees of AISD
• Who does/did the situation affect?Teachers, many will be layed off to help close the debt
• Who said so?school board
• What?The districts cutting of 1,153 jobs
• What is happening?teachers are being let go to help clos a shortfall in money
• What did happen?Administrators just informed everyone involved on their plans
• What are the consequences? Less teachers, more students per classroom, less 1X1 time.
• What is different about this?We shouldnt be closing school down, we should be putting money into education
• What are the choices?Cut teachers and close schools or fall under budget
• When?June 2011
• When did or will this happen?June 2011 and will happen agoing 2012-2013
• When was this discovered?At the end of the 2009-10 school year
• Where?AISD
• Where did or will this happen?AISD
• Why?to close an anticipated $94.4 million shortfall
• Why did this happen or will it happen? Over spending without insurance that the debt could be paid
• How?Investing in thing that are not very essential to education and/or
• How did it or will it happen?Teachers one by one will be told to leave
• How much does it cost?Not much at all
• How many people does this affect?Very many, students, parents, and the teachers families.
• How do you feel about this?It is unnecessary and should be happening in the first place, but there is now nohting we can do about it.

• BARRY BONDS CASE
• Who? Randy Velarde
• Who is involved? Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds, Jason Giambie, Jeremy Giambi, Marvin Benard
• Who does/did the situation affect?Randy Velarde and the MLB.
• Who said so?U.S. District Judge Susan Illston
• What?Illegal use of performance enhancing drugs
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