“We worry about the ways in which basics are now starting to be considered extras,” Shannon Moore, an organizer and assistant professor of education at the University of Manitoba, said.

“Our society is actually manufacturing consent for a change in funding by saying, ‘It’s OK that extracurricular activities, grad celebrations, yard enhancements, supplies for learning are now needing to be funded through fundraising.

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