Fulton Daily News

No sports. No band, chorus or theater. No junior prom, no homecoming, no clubs. No specialized art classes. Fewer electives in the high school and class sizes up to 27 in the elementary school. No kindergarten.

That’s the blackest of the many dark visions of the immediate future of one of the state’s poorest school districts as it works to cover state aid cuts for next year’s budget.

Prior coverage:

• Music supporters worry their entire program could be eliminated;
• It’ll take a lot more money to keep programs as they are this year.

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