claim: "since 2008, we have cut 5,000 positions" from virginia public schools.
author: terry mcauliffe
evidence_1: dec 8, 2015 ... "since 2008, we have cut 5,000 positions" from virginia public schools. — terry  mcauliffe on. thursday, december 3rd, 2015 in a news ...
evidence_2: before april 22, "we have restored the rights of more than 18,000 individuals,  which is ... "since 2008, we have cut 5,000 positions" from virginia public schools .
evidence_3: state budget cuts mean over 11,000 fewer staff in our schools, including ...  virginia has 5,000 fewer positions in ... virginia's schools are missing over  11,000 positions since the recession, ... fy 2008. school instructional and  support positions in thousands. total staff currently ... the people we rely on to  keep our schools.
evidence_4: mar 20, 2018 ... after west virginia, teachers in some other conservative states are protesting  over ... left, tiffany bell, a teacher at hamilton elementary school in tulsa; right,  ... “we are hemorrhaging from a lack of funding,” said larry cagle, a tulsa ...  since 2008, oklahoma has cut its per-pupil instructional funding by 28 ...
evidence_5: jan 4, 2016 ... look this session for continued reforms to the state's standards of learning ... " we've actually done very well," house majority leader kirk cox said recently. ...  increase is needed for schools that lost 5,000 positions statewide since 2008. ...  officials he's met with "have lamented" unrecovered budget cuts.