Fitchburg High students schooled on financial literacy

FITCHBURG — Financial literacy was the focus of a class presented to a group of high school students last month. The topics that Workers Credit Union Assistant Vice President, Area Manager James Monette covered in the hour-long March 24 class for Fitchburg High School students included credit, debt, student loans, the importance of setting up a budget that balances needs and wants with saving, and more as well as answering questions as they came up. “It’s important for young people to get their finances off to a good start,” the Leominster resident stated in a press release. “If you don’t…