School Budget Cuts - Affecting Students and Teachers

            Slicing of a school budget is a topic individuals in the education field know all too well. It seems as if when a worse-case scenario comes about, we can always resort to cutting the budget for schools. Because schools have plenty of money to blow, correct? Wrong. Cutting school budgets has repercussions larger than we can imagine. We aren't just canceling an avenue used to further education, like sports and music programs. When a school system cuts their school's budget, no matter what department is cut, multiple people are heavily affected. After research, I learned that school teachers and paraprofessionals are affected first hand, of course. However, the students are always the people that receive the worst end of the stick. Out of all the students affected by budget cuts in the education department, students from lower income areas are in fact affected in a more severe way than students who come from families from middle and higher classes. Why is this? Not only will I explain why students from lower-class families are affected, I will expand and explicate how school system budget cuts are affecting our present and future. Many students are involved in various extra-curricular activities for a variety of reasons. Whether their parents need assurance that their children are occupied after school, or whether a student has a natural gift allowing them to excel in a particular sport, children become involved in these activities for different reasons. Budget cuts on after school programs not only leaves students with fewer resources, opportunities that would help "improve educational outcomes, foster positive decision-making, and assist in developing the full potential of these students" are decreasing. .
             New York recently has made drastic changes to their budget for human services due to a recent economic crisis. In the state of New York, most latino boys and girls come from families that have never seen much wealth.