On an island where fleece and muck boots predominate as everyday apparel, it’s hard not to be startled when you first spot two women decked out in false eyelashes, corsets, taffeta skirts and cocktail hats adorned with ribbons and marabou.
We’re living in lean times. The 2008 recession has devastated state funding for public schools. As a result, public school districts around the state are experiencing a dramatic and apparently permanent downward shift in funding. Schools administrators around the state are making hard decisions about program cuts.
