Carl Cozier Elementary School parents were mentioned in the Feb. 7, 2011 edition of TIME magazine in an article emphasizing the hardships PTA groups are facing in the midst of school district budget cuts. The article covers how Carl Cozier’s PTA expanded their fundraising with other school PTAs in the district to protect the district’s conservation program.
The article reads, “When the Bellingham, Wash., district cut a conservation program from its budget, the PTA at Carl Cozier whose leaders say it could have funded the field trip for its own students asked to spearhead a fundraising campaign so that every third-grader in the district's 14 elementary schools could attend. The district green-lighted the proposal, and PTAs throughout Bellingham joined forces to foot the $30,000 bill.”
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