Somerset County School Board Association, New Jersey - October 2010

The Somerset County School Board Association invited Shannon to speak to superintents and board members the at their Fall Meeting on October 5, 2010 at the Somerset Academy in Bridgewater, NJ.  Shannon opened the presentation by asking how much money was spent on educating the average pupil in Somerset County each year. The answer, approximately $15,000, was compared to the amount spent on the average pupil in Bukoba, Tanzania, where SHARE works, which is just $1.