Back in elementary school, it wasn’t unusual to be sent home with a list of needed classroom supplies for parents’ financial consideration.
Teachers often rely on families’ generosity for extra materials, or pay for them out of pocket. But in the digital age, educators have new tools at their disposal.
Santa Barbara County teachers are taking to the web — namely, the community platform Nextdoor and fundraising site DonorsChoose — to help buy everything from basic supplies to creative classroom upgrades…