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2004-10-09 Home Front: Culture Wars

Parental Revolt Simmering Over School Supply Distribution Policies

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Posted by 2004-10-09 09:41|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Let's see. The school system spends $8000-10000 of tax money per year on each student and they want to risk pissing off parents and taxpayers for $10 worth of school supplies?

Posted by ed 2004-10-09 11:14:42 AM|| 2004-10-09 11:14:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 UM? Huh? Where in the heck is this located? I have never heard of such. I guess lefty California doesn't do this and My family scattered around the country never has commented on any such "redistrbution" of personal school supplies.

I think this guy is raisig hell for something that must be a really local (and totally looney) event. Anyone else have to put up with this crap and where are you if you do?

Posted by Sock Puppet on the Road (to Doom) 2004-10-09 5:43:40 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-10-09 5:43:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Good argument for private schools.

Posted by RWV 2004-10-09 6:31:02 PM|| 2004-10-09 6:31:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I've heard of this happening too. Basically the idea is, at least where I'm from, that everyone brings in the required supplies, which are then stored in a communal location and doled out to students as needed. So you don't get your own supplies. I know this happens on a limited basis at the school where my mom teaches (a high school).

Posted by KathyL 2004-10-09 10:05:37 PM|| 2004-10-09 10:05:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 God help them if they'd tried this shit with my mother.

We didn't have much money, but Mama managed to get what supplies we needed (though not nearly everything we wanted). She would have figured everyone else could do the same.

We gave to charity, and believed in helping out others less fortunate, but it was OUR choice, not the school's choice.

Of course, it helped that we lived in a small town. Very few people in town would have put up with this shit, though plenty of people (including my family) would have been happy to donate to help someone who really needed it.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-10-09 10:48:59 PM|| 2004-10-09 10:48:59 PM|| Front Page Top

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