As budgets tighten, schools turn to parents
As some public schools experience steep budget cuts, they turn to parents for help. Among other things, they’re sending letters home, asking for cash to help keep school programs running. To find out what else schools are asking parents to do during a budget crunch, we talk to New York Times Motherlode writer Lisa Belkin, and Jody Becker, a mom and journalist based in Irvine, California who is helping her daughter’s school.
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