[SW6906]

"Is this the usual state/city/school board trick of cutting the popular programs while keeping the questionable/unpopular ones well shielded? Like when a school board threatens to cut buses and the football team, while never questioning why they need two assistant associate vice principals when they are asking for a new levy to be passed."

PRECISELY! Happens every time. They cut fire, police and ambulances, but leave the condoms for prostitutes and needle exchange programs.

[worst-case scenario]

Co Springs doesn’t have needle exchange programs, according to this article:
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12374733

Are school budgets paid out of taxes for municipal services in Colorado? Here in NJ, school costs are paid for out of school taxes, which are completely separate than the taxes that pay for municipal services like litter pickup and police.