Hang On, It Is Not That Simple

The press highlights warnings in Washington State that if we don't do something, Community Colleges will take a hit and , well...

Spending cuts won't touch certain areas, such as basic education, pensions and debt service. But Marty Brown, Gregoire's budget director, said social services, corrections and community colleges will clearly face significant losses. That could lead to larger community college classes, fewer services for ill people and more.

"It's not going to be pretty," Brown said, adding that community college classes with 40 students could soon have 70 or 75 students.


Only problem with this is a matter of physics.  A classroom built for 30 students max, now holding 40, is not going to hold 70 or 75.  Can't squeeze them all in. Of course this works in prisons, which is how the state handles budget problems (write more crimes, arrest more people, crowd them into the same jails) but insurance companies may not want to underwrite such crowded rooms.  Come up with another solution.