Poor Students at Risk as Supercommittee Weighs $3.5 Billion Cut
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Debbie Hunter, principal of Edward E. Taylor Elementary in Columbia, South Carolina, says federal spending cuts may reverse gains at her school where 99 percent of 257 students are so poor they qualify for free or reduced-price lunches.
“We have to be real mindful that the kids we are educating now are the people who are going to be running the country one day,” Hunter, 53, said in a telephone interview. “Funding cuts tell students that education isn’t important.”