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To be perfectly honest I work in a school that is far under the radar of most people. In fact, it is so obscure that when I tell people where I work they think it is a big white house and not actually a school of learning. The reason I bring up this obscurity is that Walden will soon be local news. It isn't because they are that fabulous as a place learning, but they got the attention of the news. The kindergarten teacher there wrote to Channel 4 News explaining the plight of schools all across this great state and even nation in regards to the dramatic budget cuts that are being inflicted. To help bridge the cuts have caused they lower elementary classes have organized a Baking Back the Budget Fundraiser. Families are contributing baked goods and other offerings to be auctioned off and are even entered into a raffle to win a digital camera. While this isn't necessarily all that outlandish or uncharacteristic of a school to raise money, it is just amazing that the news has found it note worthy to put it on the 5 o'clock news tonight.
I was there when the news was brought to the teachers. They were all pulled out of class for a impromptu meeting in the hall and told the wondrous news. I had to just sit there and control my laughter at how excited and giddy they all got when told. I know that I'll be watching the news to see who is interviewed this afternoon and all that jazz. The frenzy that is generally Walden will be thrown even more out of whack as they quickly and frantically try to clean and organize the chaos of kids, rooms, and stuff into a sensible array.