Funding Cuts: Class Size The budget cuts have impacted the ability of all public school systems. Each time a school system has to cut its budget there is a ripple effect in the quality of education received by the students. As a state run district, my school district is heavily dependent on the state to provide us with proper funding. This week, the Interim Superintendent of Paterson Public Schools discussed in (Malinconico, 2017), the state has short changed the city schools by 280 million dollars. This has resulted in the third year in a row of cutting staff members in critical areas, ability to hire new staff, and elimination of programs. The recent reductions in staff has greatly impacted the critical areas of STEM and special
