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Hall, Gainesville schools put renewed focus on teaching personal finance
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Local schools are paying more attention to the teaching of personal finances. Earlier this month, Bankrate.com released the results of a survey that found 63 percent of Americans don’t have enough savings to cover an unexpected or emergency expense. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Eighth-graders in Janet Roland’s business and computer science class at Gainesville Middle School got a dose of what so many Americans appear to have a tough time doing — putting together a budget and sticking to it. Roland handed out a sheet that explained a recent class exercise for her students. “Congratulations!” the instructions told the students.