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Cupertino parents kick off major fundraising campaign to save teachers' jobs
- 03-18-2010
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By Matt Wilson/Sunnyvale Sun
A local group of parents hoping to prevent more than 100 teachers in the Cupertino Union School District from losing their jobs to budget cuts this May kicked off a massive fundraising campaign March 16 at Nimitz Elementary School in Sunnyvale that attracted a packed and raucous house, including dozens of students with piggybanks in hand ready to contribute whatever they could toward the cause. Parents organizing the "Their Future is Now" campaign are rallying the community to raise $3 million by May 15 to save up to 107 K-8 teachers from receiving pink slips. The district is in the process of making significant cuts due to unatnicpated state budget takeaways and sent out preliminary layoff notices to staff on March 15. (more...)
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