Posted on 08/20/2024 5:14:34 AM PDT by AdmSmith
By September 1, the school administration demanded that toilet paper, napkins, and liquid soap be brought in. The mayor's office conducted an inspection and stated that this was unacceptable. A shopping list was given to parents of students at School No. 38. It included liquid soap, at least 200 napkins, two rolls of toilet paper and paper towels, and copy paper. It was noted that all purchases had to be put in a separate bag and signed. The parents were not told what purposes this was all being collected for.
The press service of the Petrozavodsk administration told Pod’yom that an investigation was conducted following complaints from parents. "The head of the city was informed about this fact on Friday last week. Specialists from the social development committee immediately organized an inspection. The fact was confirmed. An explanatory conversation was held with the teacher. The principals of all schools were notified that such cases are unacceptable."
Back to the Good Old Days.
Decades ago, I was shocked when I saw my friend’s children’s school list and saw toilet paper listed. We had never had to bring what the school was being paid per child to supply. I never did ask if the teachers and staff had to do the same.
When my kids were young, they did this in Texas. We were provided a laundry list of supplies we needed to buy, including sanitizer and boxes of tissues. We could buy “wrap packs” with everything they needed. No fighting the traffic, crowds, etc. but it cost a little more and the PTA made money.
Seemed fair.
Then I learned that the teachers were opening the wrap packs, dumping the supplies into supply buckets, and divvying them out as needed because some students’ parents wouldn’t buy any supplies, so my kid was subsidizing them.
I stopped buying them, put my kids’ names on their stuff, and instructed them not to turn supplies over to teachers.
Not surprisingly, I no longer needed to buy scissors, rulers, etc. every year. We just used the ones from the prior year that didn’t get diverted to someone who didn’t pay.
We had to do the same thing in Kansas, except for the toilet paper. I guess you don’t have kids in school. We had four. We had a huge list of supplies we had to give the kids each year.
“The press service of the Petrozavodsk administration told Pod’yom that an investigation was conducted following complaints from parents.”
I guess the difference between the US and Russia is that in Russia, the ISSUE is investigated the authorities, whereas in the US, the PARENTS are investigated by the FBI.
You've been a busy Freeper on a thread begun six months ago:
My students in Boca Raton were given a list of things parents had to buy and bring to school.
Along with pancils, paper, felt-tip pens, and other school supplies, were hand sanitizer, liquid soap, wet wipes and other sanitary supplies.
My sister in MA told me she had a similar list for her grandson.
STAPLES even has pre-wrapped boxes already put together with the lists from the schools.
They weren’t cheap either.
IIRC, all we bought to prepare for school were pencils and pencil boxes. Maybe a few notebooks.
I heard that parents eve have to supply toilet paper now.
Yes indeed.
Both in Red FL and Blue MA.
Not just Russia.
Not coming soon it’s here and in the open the last election and events that followed proved it.
I stopped donating to ‘underprivileged kids who can’t afford ANYTHINGGGGGGG’ after getting a Secret Santa for Kids Tree request where the kid’s parents asked for a computer, stereo, Air Jordons and luxury clothing.
With all the welfare money being doled out so the delinquent sperm and egg donors can pay for their booze, top shelf food, tattoos and luxury vehicles, so help me GOD, don’t anyone DARE ask me to ‘give to the poor’.
And, yes, when I am asked to ‘round up’ at the register, I tell them, absolutely not. I pay enough in taxes for their needs, not their ‘wants’.
Do an internet search on “school supplies list toilet paper” (without the quotation marks) and you will find many US schools have it on the list. My local school system requires boxes of Kleenex, zip lock bags, paper towels, cleaning wipes, etc., etc.
In the real, real....good old, old days...you had to bring wood to heat the school....
Toilet fees of drag queen story hour for your first grader? What's worse?
Given that we have the potential for two communists to become President and Vice President here, your obsession with Russia is bizarre. There is nothing normal about it.
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