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Local Principal Sells Shoe Collection To Save Jobs

 
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Worried about possible layoffs, school principal Michele Miller spotted a potential solution in her own home.
The principal of Jackson Elementary in El Dorado Hills, a suburb east of Sacramento, decided to part with most of a shoe collection gathered over the past 15 years.

She is selling 285 pairs -- which fill a room in her apartment -- to help close a district budget gap of up to $2.2 million. She's asking for a donation of $1,000 a pair to save the jobs of 17 teachers, three vice principals, library technicians and others.

Volunteers are uploading photos of the size 7-7 1/2 high-tops, cowboy boots, leopard-print rain boots, sandals, platforms and high heels to a website, www.shoestotherescue.com .

Even if they sell out, Miller will still have 65 pairs.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
 

 

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