NCLB makes me so proud to be a teacher .. LOL

[maynard]

We have only been in school for 3 days and I have spent about $300 to set up my class from my own meager salary.......




By RYAN NAKASHIMA
Associated Press Write

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The Clark County School District kicked off the first day of school Wednesday with scant resources. But it got a major donation from the scantily clad.

The same day the nation's fifth largest school district began the year with some 400 teaching vacancies, the nonprofit corporation that supports it, the Public Education Foundation, accepted a $2,500 donation from a strip club, Scores Las Vegas.

"Thank you for your donation of $2,500, received on August 30, 2006," said a letter from foundation president Judi Steele to Scores' marketing director, Shai Cohen. "Thank you again for your willingness to support our community and invest in our children ... our future."

Scores raised the funds at an Aug. 23 back-to-school event called "Detention" that featured strippers dressed as teachers, schoolgirls and librarians.

"It's back to school time and you know what that means. Detention for everyone who has been bad!" one advertisement read.

The performers peeled off clothes and offered lap dances to customers, Cohen said. Patrons also left more than $1,000 donations in a jar that the club said would go to the Clark County School District. Scores matched the donations roughly dollar for dollar, he said.

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[ulysses]

1. ROFLMAO!

GOD, but you have to love the free market! :D

[matt819]

2. Why stop there?

I like the idea of the strip club's logo on team jerseys for another donation. Or maybe the local adult video shop or adult toys store could name the scoreboard at the stadium. The possibilities are endless.

[immoderate]

3. They can work as volunteer tutors.

--IMM

[stopbush]

4. Las Vegas - keeping a breast of the latest trends in school funding.