Students in Claremont are returning to the classroom, but it’s unclear what the school year will look like.

The Claremont School District is facing a deficit of between $1 and $5 million dollars. It eliminated 39 positions, nearly half of them new teachers and paraprofessionals, to save money. But there’s still a lot of financial uncertainty.

Patrick O’Grady , a reporter with the Valley News, has been following the school funding crisis in Claremont. He spoke with NHPR’s All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa about how this happened and what’s next.

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Can you tell us more about the effects of the budget cuts so far?

The assistant superintendent informed the audience at a school board meeting on Monday night that class sizes will be a little bit larger. People are

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