An important topic at our June 12 meeting was what we all as a community can do to help the schools through this crisis. If options for raising money with taxes are extremely limited, what kind of impact can we have by volunteering or making donations? Will it be enough?

"Comment from a teacher: [funding from the] AAPS Education Foundation is a great way to give teachers a morale boost."

"What opportunities are available from PTO and other organizations to subsidize public education?"

"Can our community be notified well enough ahead of time by AAPS about what cuts are being considered, so if programs are important to us we can try to find alternative funding?"

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