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Recently, the Wheatbrook High School Board has come across a problem that many districts across the nation face: the school district is short of funds. One suggestion to reduce costs is to increase class sizes from an average of 20 students per class to an average of 30 students per class. This proposal is simply unacceptable.

Why does the author use the phrase short of funds?

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to make the district's need for money seem less severe

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