Local business, organizations, and foundations pitch in $500K to keep schools open

One county's response to  the threatened closure of two elementary schools: business, Chambers of Commerce, foundations, and others contribute $500K, buying a year's time to find permanent funding. See http://www.skyhidailynews.com/ March 4 2011
The value of education is recognized by them; now it is up to those in the county, with or without children
in school to step up to the plate and do the same when they are asked to raise the sales tax.  This is what happens when state funding, federal funding is cut in the rush to balance budgets and deficits on the backs of our childrens' education. There is no such thing as a free lunch and there is no such thing as a thriving community without educating their young.  Someone has to pay for it and the burden is shifted to the local communities to step up to the plate. Those who rail at sticking our next generation with debt are often those who do not mind defunding public education and sticking the next generation with the inability to make a living in an ever competitive world.