BONNEVILLE CO. - State wide education budget cuts are now threatening a local school's journalism program.

And some upset parents are speaking out, they don't want their student to miss out on her dream career.

"The district really has little or no choice to cut something," says John Pymm, Principal of Bonneville High School.

That something is working out to be Buzz News, the student run newspaper from Bonneville High School.

"Its difficult as you contemplate the students, the effect it will have on the students," says Pymm.

The program will run through the rest of this year, but the cut for next year is already having an effect on Randi Hanson. She's supposed to be next year's editor-in-chief.

"Its hard for a lot of students because this is the school paper, and its student's opinions coming to tell other students about the other things in the school," says Randi Hanson, a junior at Bonneville High School.

So you're thinking why is the program being dropped, well it started because the teacher who was contracted through next year to keep the 'Buzz' going, left the school early.

"They should be replacing the teacher (that) was there," says Diana Hanson, Randi's mother. "If they had done that then the journalism program would not be on the chopping block."

Well Mr. Pymm tried, with no luck, for two reasons.

Number one: "We didn't have any applicants for the position," says Pymm.

And number two: "The district is 5 teachers over the current funding formula," adds Pymm.

The part time teacher that's running Buzz News this year isn't contracted for next year. So, he has to go to keep the other contracted teachers.

Paul Hanson sent an email to Eyewitness News after he had several conversations with Mr. Pymm. In it he outlines concerns he still has with the school's cuts, so we asked Mr. Pymm about those.

Rick: "We have two high schools in the district, BHS and HHS, they both have different opportunities for the students, so Mr. Hanson is wondering why they don't have the same opportunities at each school."

"You do what you've got staff to do," says Pymm.

As far as a compromise, like busing students to Hillcrest, Pymm says he doesn't know if that's the answer. He also tells us that probably won't work because of scheduling and transportation issues.

"I just don't think that that's going to give the kids the experience they need," says Paul Hanson, Randi's father.

Randi agrees, telling us, she and her classmates are willing to work even harder to keep the paper alive.

"We're willing to cut down on the number of issues we do a year, and combine more months and we are willing to combine and start working on more ads," says Randi.

So far, it looks like that's just not an option.

"Is the newspaper absolutely dead, no," says Pymm.