Reactions to school's budget plan: fewer police, more student services

The Long Beach Every Student Matters group criticized the draft of the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), which lays out how the district will allocate funds to schools and students with the highest needs. But while the plan promises $100,000 for reformed school discipline programs, $2.4 million is allocated for police and campus security. "[The plan] is problematic on many different levels." Find out what the student group and other student advocates had to say, on Voicewaves.[youtube=http://youtu.be/CreFbDyu2u0]

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