Effort to save school clubs snowballs From: The Patriot Ledger  Quincy, MA | Date: August 6, 2003| Author: | Copyright 2003 The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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MILTON - Throngs of students and parents are circulating E-mails, scheduling fund-raisers and soliciting donations from residents and businesses in an effort to preserve high school traditions, such as the yearbook and student newspaper.

The school department it can no longer not afford them.

Nearly half of the $90,000 required has been raised or pledged in the two weeks since the inception of the fund-raising group Milton Student Activities. Yet, as people proudly buzz with talk of "community spirit" and "volunteerism," teachers union president Brian Borde wonders why the ...

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