More Gassy Expellations from "Politifart"

Behind the rhetoric: How Walker's union limits affected school budgets (5/19/2012).

Here's the concluding paragraph.

But at least a third of districts 

• saw staffing increases, 
• stayed steady or 
• had very modest staffing reductions,

and it’s useful to remember that enrollment declines are behind some of the staff reductions.  {Bullet points added.]

Some.

As in "how many"?

Really?!  Don't you want to break this down for us?

These are 3 outcomes that should not be lumped together in such a cavalier, ho-hum fashion. And I'd be interested to know how "very modest" is defined.

Better reading.

Making Matters Worse: School Funding, Achievement Gaps and Poverty under Wisconsin Act 32,

•  State budget cuts hit high poverty districts the hardest.
•  High poverty districts have less state revenue to support the needs of children, and taxpayers in high poverty districts pay taxes at increasingly higher rates.
•  Reductions in employee compensation hit high poverty districts the hardest.
•  Reductions in the size of the workforce hit high poverty districts hardest. 
•  Act 32 increases funding gaps for poor and minority students.