Fort Worth student brings sackful of change to school so teachers can keep their jobs
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/03/02/2891670/fort-worth-student-brings-sackful.html#ixzz1FXHfdit8
“BY EVA-MARIE AYALA
FORT WORTH -- Second-grader Maria Meneses is afraid of losing her teachers.
She considers those at Diamond Hill Elementary School her friends, and if the Fort Worth school district has to lay off any of them, the 8-year-old would be sad.
So she walked into the school Wednesday morning with a sackful of change and handed it to her principal.
"I thought I would bring some of my money from my college fund to my school so more teachers wouldn't get fired because I don't want anyone to go away," Maria said.
"I had to do something to try and help them because they help me. Every single teacher I've had has helped me."
Maria said her classmates have been talking about how teachers might lose their jobs. When she saw more stories about school budgets on the news Tuesday night -- Fort Worth is facing up to $80 million in state funding cuts over the next two years -- she decided to help.
Principal Ellen Verreault and many office staffers cried at the girl's gesture, surprised that students are so aware of the financial struggles…”
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/03/02/2891670/fort-worth-student-brings-sackful.html#ixzz1FXHqp110
I wonder if Fox “news” and other right wing blogs will be reporting this story. My guess is they will not. Or they will report that teachers and union thugs held a gun to the head of the little girl and made her do it.
Or Fox “news” and RedState blog will report that it is some sort of Communist plot.
This story so much shows how important teachers are to children. It also shows the heart and soul of real America.
this is my little sister and no one forced her to do this it was out of heart and yes fox news aired it as the story was suppose to be something from my sisters heart
Posted by: jennifer | Sunday, March 06, 2011 at 19:14