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Thomasboro Elementary starts Monday with community help: Lunch money given, volunteer hours put in.

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| August 26, 2007 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Steve Lyttle

Aug. 26--The 79 staff members and 410 students at Thomasboro Elementary School will start classes Monday morning knowing they've got friends helping them -- from one of the nation's biggest banks, a very active church on the other side of the county, and one of the area's bigger parent-teacher groups.

"They each bring something that Thomasboro needs," says Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Peter Gorman. "This is an example of a community coming together."

With 94.1 percent of its students receiving free or reduced-price lunches, a measure of poverty, Thomasboro Elementary School, off Freedom Drive a short distance northwest of Interstate 85, is a school in need.

"Some of its students are homeless, and only about 20 percent score…

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