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Report: Local Schools Preparing For Sequestration Cuts

Gaithersburg High School Principal Christine Handy-Collins is worried, MyFoxDC.com reported.

Public schools nationwide are facing significant cuts if lawmakers can't stop sequestration, MyFoxDC.com reported.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan told the principals that the cuts to education would be devastating, to the tune of $3 billion over the next several years, according to the report.

Gaithersburg High School Principal Christine Handy-Collins told MyFoxDC.com she's concerned.

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"We're looking at teachers being cut, class sizes getting bigger, programs being cut," Handy-Collins said, according to the report.

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