Students Learn Budgeting at Interactive Reality Fair

In the fall, 150 students from several DeSoto Independent School District campuses attended the Texas Trust Credit Union Reality Fair hosted by NXT Gen and College Driven GEAR UP, two district college access grants.

The fair's purpose was to teach students monthly budgeting practices—with a catch. Upon entry, each student was provided a clipboard with a fictitious scenario that contained an occupation, a child, and varying monthly expenses.…