Scott Schaeffer-Duffy

parent of four Worcester public school students
"when I was a child we had art three times a week, we had gym three times a week, we had field trips, we never had a class over 24.."

"Now we go begging every year"
"a very strange reality to me"

"Our standard of living for our kids has gone down"
War in Iraq cost a billion dollars..."we can't find that money for the kids"

"I say that the $200,000 for JROTC...is a bad use of money..double that (new) money"
Sullivan Middle School principal is pestered every week by JROTC trying to recruit kids who are 13.

"one out of three people we shelter are veterans"
"money should be used for the good things we need it for"