Madison High School students Could Get On-Campus Banking

Tamira Madsen:

As soon as next year, if La Follette or Memorial high school students reach into their wallets and find they're short on cash for lunch, they might step up to an in-school teller window and withdraw money from their own savings account.

Business teachers Darrin Graham and Dave Thomas presented a proposal last week to the Madison School Board that could bring on-campus financial institutions to the two high schools as early as the 2009-10 school year, and they got an enthusiastic response. The board gave the teachers a green light to send out request for qualification materials to potential banks and credit unions, and they plan to bring back a proposal in February.

Graham and Thomas would like to get branches running by September, but the timetable will depend on the financial institution.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 12, 2008 9:46 PM
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