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Article: SAVINGS ON PAPER TOWELS A PROBLEM IN ART CLASS.(METRO)

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February 21, 2006
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Byline: Susan Troller

Longtime Madison art teacher Laurie Werth is seeing budget cuts up close.

The school is eliminating folded paper towels at all schools, in favor of towels that are dispensed off a roller. The district savings, according to a business services department memo, may amount to about $27,000 districtwide.

The problem is that little kids can't use a dispenser properly, Werth explained.

"They need help, or they get too much or too ...

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