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School boosters' lemonade stand: $95 per cup
- 05-10-2010
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By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News
When the ballot box gives you lemons, make lemonade — and charge $95 for a glass. That's what parents in the Loma Prieta Joint Union School District are doing, as they launch a lemonade fundraiser today for schools. Disappointed that voters defeated their parcel tax, Measure G, by the slimmest of margins Tuesday, they're targeting the 1,000-plus voters in the Santa Cruz Mountains community who said yes to the tax, said Jennifer Straw, a parcel tax campaigner. Measure G would have imposed a $95 four-year tax to raise about $200,000 a year for schools. Without additional funds, the schools could increase class sizes while losing library clerks, music and art. (more...)
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