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Dec 22, 2000 - Jan. 4, 2001
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Struggling to Stay Open
By Joseph Hong A budget deficit crises within the Adult Education Program of the Oakland Unified District has students, teachers, administrators, and others worried that in an effort to slash the deficit, classes, which benefit a large Asian American immigrant population, may be eliminated. “If we experience cut backs, then we have to close down classes and people have no place to learn skills for their beginning here in the new country,” said John Dzoun Nguyen, president of American Viet League, an Oakland-based non-profit organization. |
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