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School districts auction supplies for cash
- 05-11-2010
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By Jorge Barrientos/Bakersfield Californian
Schools throughout the county have been cleaning out storage spaces -- piling up desks, computers and other equipment they no longer use -- and selling them in local public auctions for little cash officials say is valuable during budget crunches. They include cassette tape recorders and typewriters deemed obsolete, outdated computer screens, hundreds of televisions and scores of overhead projectors. "This is stuff that has little to no value to (schools) anymore," said Michael Brouse, assistant superintendent of business services at Panama-Buena Vista Union School District. "We're talking small amounts of money, but everything helps." (more...)
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