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Manchester Mayor's Draft Budget Cuts School Funding

By Ellen Grimm on Friday, May 9, 2008.

In Manchester, city revenues are down. And as a result, the Mayor and aldermen are grappling with a tighter financial situation.

The Mayor's proposed budget has prompted an emotional public reaction and the specter of layoffs. The city's schools may take a particularly hard hit.

NHPR correspondent Ellen Grimm went to one city middle school to find out what a tighter school budget might mean. She files this report.

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