Back to school time.... - Page 2

mrkromer · #11 08-13-2008, 08:22 AM

I remember using crayons out of big plastic boxes that everyone shard; where the hell did those come from?

Isn't involuntary sharing kind of like paying taxes? lol

mike

luvsluvin · #12 08-13-2008, 09:37 AM

I think that public schools must vary around the country, Doug.
I taught at a K-5 elementary school in FL for two years, and the students didn't have to bring anything to school.
All they had to do was show up in their uniforms (white shirt, khaki pants) and if they didn't they were sent to the principal's office
and he would reprimand them and give 'em a spare uniform to wear for the day. They received free breakfasts, snacks, lunches, and after school care..
Paper, pens, pencils, crayons... everything... was provided by the school system. And I repeat.... this was a PUBLIC school.

ColdCase · #13 08-13-2008, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by luvsluvin

I think that public schools must vary around the country, Doug.
I taught at a K-5 elementary school in FL for two years, and the students didn't have to bring anything to school.
All they had to do was show up in their uniforms (white shirt, khaki pants) and if they didn't they were sent to the principal's office
and he would reprimand them and give 'em a spare uniform to wear for the day. They received free breakfasts, snacks, lunches, and after school care..
Paper, pens, pencils, crayons... everything... was provided by the school system. And I repeat.... this was a PUBLIC school.

The burning question is Susan:

What were YOU wearing?

spaceboy761 · #14 08-13-2008, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by luvsluvin

I think that public schools must vary around the country, Doug.
I taught at a K-5 elementary school in FL for two years, and the students didn't have to bring anything to school.
All they had to do was show up in their uniforms (white shirt, khaki pants) and if they didn't they were sent to the principal's office
and he would reprimand them and give 'em a spare uniform to wear for the day. They received free breakfasts, snacks, lunches, and after school care..
Paper, pens, pencils, crayons... everything... was provided by the school system. And I repeat.... this was a PUBLIC school.

That is definitely some tax dollars at work! Was this an expectionally rich area, poor area, or neither?

bluffmanxx · #15 08-13-2008, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by spaceboy761

That is definitely some tax dollars at work! Was this an expectionally rich area, poor area, or neither?

actually the school supplies are such a small percentage of a district's budget that it should not be too difficult to actually provide these things for the students. one less administrator should about cover it.