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Parents, Students To Protest Bus Cuts In Sweetwater Union High School District

By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host

Published August 26, 2019 at 11:15 AM PDT

This story was published more than 4 years ago.

The Sweetwater Union High School District central office is shown, Nov. 7, 2018.

A new school year is usually pretty exciting except when students are facing cutbacks that could affect their academic performance.

Thousands of kids around San Diego County are headed back to school Monday. A new school year can be filled with possibility and promise. But students in the Sweetwater Union High School District, who have been in school for a few weeks already, are facing cutbacks that could affect their academic performance.

Some students and parents in San Ysidro are planning a protest Monday night over cuts to school bus routes and laptops in the district.

Voice of San Diego reporter Will Huntsberry joined Midday Edition on Monday to talk about the cuts.

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Maureen Cavanaugh has been a familiar voice for KPBS listeners for more than 15 years, serving in a variety of capacities including announcer, host, and producer. As host of KPBS Midday Edition, Maureen has interviewed a wide range of notables, such as comedienne Sandra Bernhardt, actor John Lequizamo, author Chuck Palahniuk, composer Marvin Hamlisch, artist Robert Irwin, and designer Zandra Rhodes. But of all the interviews Maureen has conducted, her most special was with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Before joining KPBS in 1997, she worked as a news anchor for KSDO and KOGO News Radio in San Diego. While working for commercial radio stations in San Diego and in Salt Lake City, Utah, Maureen reported on both hard news and lifestyle features. Maureen has received three "Golden Mike" awards from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California for economic reporting and breaking news. She has also received a "Best of Show" and “Best Radio Newscast” awards from the San Diego Press Club and the "Flo" Award from Public Radio Program Directors Association for Best Public Radio Announcer in a large market. Maureen is a native of Queens, New York, but after more than 20 years in San Diego she feels she qualifies as a real Southern Californian.

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