California’s budget crisis has hit home in Fairfield, where high school football, basketball, baseball and other team sports are set for elimination this fall.
The Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District voted last February to cancel all high school sports — along with band, theater and school clubs to help offset a $6.5 million deficit.
The district already has made about $42 million in cuts, according to Jacki Cottingim-Dias, superintendent for the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District.
She told KCRA 3 the only way to save the after-school programs would be more concessions from employees and additional donations from parents and people in the community.