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Schools scooping up outside money to keep moving in tough times
- 05-11-2010
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By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego
Rusting weight machines sit in batting cages next to the football field at Point Loma High School, exiled from a classroom trailer that was condemned and then removed. Parents are relieved that's finally going to change. Point Loma High is getting a new weight room -- but not because budget cuts have let up in San Diego Unified schools. The school snagged a $90,000 grant from a NASCAR racing champion and Lowe's Home Improvement after teens made their case in a pleading video and parents wrote an application. (more...)
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