“I don’t think I’ve ever experienced such a beautiful gift from someone I don’t even know or haven’t taught their kid,” one teacher said
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- A group of Marin County, Calif., public school teachers got a big surprise when they were called into a meeting earlier this week and each given a check for more than $9,000
- Local resident Maja Kristin donated $1 million to the teachers of the district, sharing that she was upset over the “injustice” of Marin County’s public school funding
- The district ranks in the bottom 4% of California school funding, despite being in one of the wealthiest counties in the country
A group of California public school teachers got a big surprise this week when they were called into a meeting and each given a check for just over $9,100.
One hundred teachers in the Bay Area’s Ross Valley School District — located in the wealthy Northern California county of Marin — were asked to come in for a meeting on Thursday, Aug. 13, but they were not told what the meeting was about, according to local outlet KRON4.
As they gathered in a conference room, a local resident named Maja Kristin stood up to speak and asked the principals in attendance to hand out envelopes to every single teacher…