of what really is at stake for schools if one or both or neither get the green light. we ll hear from both sides in just a few minutes. plus, get some in depth analysis from two veteran education reporters. but first, we wanted to see just how bad the budget situation is in our schools. and how it got that way in the first place. pbs news hour correspondent spencer michaels takes a look. in schools around the state, there s a feeling that the ax is about to fall. and if and when it does, san francisco school superintendent will have to act. we have our doomsday plan. part of that is lopping days off of the school year. and it can be up to ten days next year. that s two weeks off of the school year. richard caranza says his district, though well supported by voter-passed bond measures and parcel taxes, has suffered as the state s economy tanked and, along with it, state support. we are a bare bones organization. and we re just able to keep the lights on, the doors open
of what really is at stake for schools if one or both or neither get the green light. we ll hear from both sides in just a few minutes. plus, get some in depth analysis from two veteran education reporters. but first, we wanted to see just how bad the budget situation is in our schools. and how it got that way in the first place. pbs news hour correspondent spencer michaels takes a look. in schools around the state, there s a feeling that the ax is about to fall. and if and when it does, san francisco school superintendent will have to act. we have our doomsday plan. part of that is lopping days off of the school year. and it can be up to ten days next year. that s two weeks off of the school year. richard caranza says his district, though well supported by voter-passed bond measures and parcel taxes, has suffered as the state s economy tanked and, along with it, state support. we are a bare bones organization. and we re just able to keep the lights on, the doors open
hello. i m al letson, in for belva davis. welcome to a special edition of this week in northern california. with the november election just around the corner, the campaigns are heating up for propositions 30 and 38. tonight, we want to cut through the noise and try to make sense of what really is at stake for schools if one or both or neither get the green light. we ll hear from both sides in just a few minutes. plus, get some in depth analysis from two veteran education reporters. but first, we wanted to see just how bad the budget situation is in our schools. and how it got that way in the first place. pbs news hour correspondent spencer michaels takes a look. in schools around the state, there s a feeling that the ax is about to fall. and if and when it does, san francisco school superintendent will have to act. we have our doomsday plan. part of that is lopping days off of the school year. and it can be up to ten days next year. that s two weeks off of the school ye
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