Irony of Budget Cuts

The State of CA verified our district 2016 graduation rate data and ranked San Diego Unified 1st out of the five largest districts with a 91.2% grad rate. As a high school teacher, I think this is an awesome accomplishment for the district and all high schools. Our Superintendent gave credit to the major reform efforts over the past decade with an intensive dropout prevention program. This is a district program with resource teachers that provided direct intensive intervention strategies to students in both middle and high school. It is ironic now that we have accomplished this high rate of graduation success that our district has proposed major cuts to the dropout prevention program. I had several students that worked directly with check and connect case managers and know without their support and knowledge of access to resources that these students would have had huge challenges earning a high school diploma. It is unfortunate that this program will not be as effective working with only half the amount of staff and I am sure we will see a drop in our graduation rate the next few years if the department does not recover from the cuts. How are things going in your district in relation to budget cuts? Are there any cuts that just do not seem to make sense? Are they in the classroom or elsewhere? https://www.sandiegounified.org/newscenter/news-release-san-diego-unified-achieves-highest-graduation-rate-among-large-california-districtsa