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Sure, but try telling that to a parent who fears that her child's teacher is going to get downsized. Suny Bruun, a mother of two in Winner, S.D., this summer bypassed the PTA and formed an independent parent fundraising group, Keeping Intelligent Determined Students (KIDS). Its goal is not only to raise money for the local school district but also to lower the amount of a $500,000 tax hike the town proposed to cover teacher and aide salaries. In early July, a radiothon raised $42,066 through donations ranging from $10 to $2,000, and the group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a PTA Bake Sale Save a Teacher's Job? | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

Colmes’ long-time colleague Cheryl Bruun agreed...

Author: By Jaquelyn M. Scharnick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Teacher, Harvard Benefactor Dies at 81 | 10/9/2002 | See Source »

...kids, sitting with her was like sitting with a grandmother who just adores you,” Bruun said...

Author: By Jaquelyn M. Scharnick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Teacher, Harvard Benefactor Dies at 81 | 10/9/2002 | See Source »

...SCOTT BRUUN (R) District...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: OREGON | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...Bruun, a 30-year-old superachiever, is loaded with ideas for growing the economy and limiting government. He believes in term limits, privatization and a 17% flat tax with substantial exemptions and deductions for charity. A fiscal conservative, he may be able to count on G.O.P. votes in Portland's exclusive section of Dunthorpe, but the working-class and middle-class neighborhoods in the rest of the district are staunchly Democratic. And though he vows to protect Medicare, his platform of budget cuts may rattle the strong senior-citizen vote that helped keep Democrat Ron Wyden in this seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: OREGON | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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