Posted on 08/17/2016 1:30:56 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Last year the good people at Whirlpool created the Whirlpool Care Counts Program and donated seventeen pairs of washers and dryers to school districts in St. Louis and in Fairfield, California. The schools then invited kids with attendance problems to bring in their laundry to be cleaned while they were in class.
The results were astounding: over 90% of participating students increased their attendance that year, at-risk students attended almost two more weeks of school, and each student got approximately 50 loads of laundry done at school.
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Hey, some of these kids come from real crappy situations through no fault of their own.
If a private company wants to donate some resources to fill a need that has these results, I think it’s outstanding.
Uh, it is all nice and cute, but when will the taxpayers be forced to buy laundry machines for the skools?
Clean clothing?
Pretty sure it’s a base requirement for modern man.
Probably just above shelter?
Actually, I don’t see any problem with it.
There was a story a few years ago about how laundry detergent is a frequent shoplifting target.
“Increased attendance by 90%”?
I think the reporter is a public school product.
My daughter told me about this. I think it’s a good idea.
Whirlpool has identified Government Education money as the new Ed Dorado.
That’s some good “Thinking outside the box” right there.
My uncle taught at an inner-city school in the hood.
At times he would actually buy clothes for his kids with
his own money. Many came from homes where mommy barely budged from her drugged and drunken stupor.
Cradle to grave. Just like killary wants. She said so not too long ago. Parents won’t be raising kids, gov will. That is what this does, makes kids dependent on school/gov.
There was a story a few years ago about how laundry detergent is a frequent shoplifting target.
I can see that. Detergent is pretty expensive I think. I thought about stealing milk a few years ago too. lol.
I come here to read news, and all I see is spin. </s>
Siriusly (as the dog star said), whatever works is fine with me, as long as the students are actually there and actually learning both truthful and useful things.
If a private company wants to do this, let them. There’s nothing wrong with kids catching a break even if they don’t recognize it.
I’m thinking that some parents who would otherwise not care if their kids are in school decide to put their kid in charge of clean clothes for the family and started sending them to school. Regardless - it’s the most constructive solution I think I’ve read. The kids need life skills to get out of the home an learning to handle wash day is training they can use along with actual school attendance. Sad that it takes the lure of clean clothes though.
So, is this a new class? How to wash your cloths 101.
There is nothing in the article about actual learning and grades,just attendance.
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Bump!
Rather than doing the laundry for the kids, the kids need to be taught how to do their own laundry.
Just more nanny statism and government handouts.
Another bump.
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