Protests took a creative edge Wednesday evening when more than 150 Berkeley parents, teachers, students and administrators gathered in front of the Old City Hall to oppose the impending budget cuts to California schools.

The tentative cuts are part of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to close the $14.5 billion state budget deficit by cutting 10 percent of funding to all state programs, which would involve up to a $4.4 billion cut from K-12 education.

The demonstration featured speeches, songs and skits by members of the school community. One group of teachers put on a skit, complete with costumes and masks, depicting the governor and his “yacht-owning” cronies as villains and the school teachers as superheroes. Read the rest of this entry »

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