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Sunday, January 04, 2009
Teachers turn to Web for classroom supply help - Ron Matus, St. Petersburg Times
In the past, Kelly McGee wouldn't have thought twice about buying $10, faux-leather journals for her students. But her husband lost his construction job this year. They have a new baby.
So McGee, a fourth- and fifth-grade teacher at North Shore Elementary in St. Petersburg, turned to Plan B. Last month, she put a plea for help in a virtual bottle and set it adrift in cyberspace, on a Web site called donorschoose.org.And this week, two people answered, chipping in the $290 she needed.

 


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