Corporate sponsors could raise millions for schools

[The Straight Story]

CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA - With $36 million in budget cuts and the possible layoff of 238 teachers looming, San Juan Unified School District officials were eager to talk about corporate sponsorships.

Mickey Freeman, CEO of the Denver-based Education Funding Partnerships (EFP) toured five San Juan schools and told officials he could help ease the districts financial pain.

"American public education is in a major crisis and billions of dollars are being cut out of school budgets next year," Freeman lamented. "Education Funding Partners is trying to help by bringing responsible Fortune-500 companies and their large consumer brand sponsorships into school district like San Juan."

San Juan High School Vice Principal Steve Hunt showed Freeman the schools award winning culinary arts program. They also stopped by engineering and construction classrooms and an automotive shop.


http://www.news10.net/news/article/138325/2/Corporate-sponsors-could-raise-millions-for-schools-

[xchrom]

1. i want corporations to stay the fuck away from schools. nt

[iwishiwas]

3. Corps know when to get into school business--schools are cash

strapped. Enter the corps-and Arne Duncan.

[kestrel91316]

2. Next step: corporations provide most or all of the school curriculum.

Perfect way to brainwash kids into becoming good little pro-big business fascists.

[Avant Guardian]

4. Enron youth

[izquierdista]

5. They COULD do a lot of things

What they WILL do is only whatever pads their bottom line.