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There is a simple way to bridge the problematic budget the VSCHSD is facing. Stop caving to the teacher's union! Especially in the High schools you are dealing with young adults, not toddlers. Class sizes of 28 - 30 should not be challenge to a teacher. Also, perhaps consolidation of departments and deploying teachers to more than one school building throughout the day would maximize our outlay for the teaching staff - which currently eats close to 70% of the 106 million dollar budget between salaries and benefits. The ones that are paying here are the children. They have less opportunities than even 5 years ago. Successful, NYS championship teams are being cut - and not because of a money issue, but because there is a prejudice against the sport. Don't blame the guns, they cannot do these heinous things themselves, blame the people. Violence can be done with any inanimate object - golf clubs, baseball bats, knives - not the mention the effects of people driving under the influence of either alcohol or their cell phones! The mental health system is missing the signs of those people who have used guns in a misguided attempt to make their worlds right again, or stop their own pain.