School Funding Crisis Drives One Spanish Town's Housewives to "Desperate" Measures

An image from the "Desperate Housewives"/Spain calendar
(photo: El Pais/Madrid)

Americans who are complaining about the funding levels in their public schools should take a look at Spain. The Iberian country is going through its own economic crisis, largely due to its American-style housing disaster.

Here's a cautionary, and funny, tale resulting from this financial disaster. One village near Valencia just doesn't have enough money to support transportation to the local school. What's a devoted parent to do?

In this case, the moms decided to create a calendar in which each month showed a photograph of a local woman in lingerie. The French newspaper Le Monde has dubbed this initiative "Desperate Housewives." Will this unique fund raiser will be successful? Who knows, but it has gotten the world's attention.

Do you think your local PTO will embrace this money-making idea? Should be some rockin' Board of Ed meetings in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave in the coming years.