Posted on 08/15/2010 3:27:59 PM PDT by Marylander
When Emily Cooper headed off to first grade in Moody, Ala., last week, she was prepared with all the stuff on her elementary school’s must-bring list: two double rolls of paper towels, three packages of Clorox wipes, three boxes of baby wipes, two boxes of garbage bags, liquid soap, Kleenex and Ziplocs.
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And, all those items go into a community sharing box. Kids don’t have private property anymore.
Did the teachers bring the same list of supplies for their use ? Or are the taxpayers paying for their TP ?
I would be surprised if it is ONLY 10K per.
Usually when one contacts the local taxing authority, they give the money the amount per student the local taxing authority is appropriating. That makes up about 60% of the school budget. In my little hamlet her in North Florida, the annual school spending this year will be 152M for 10K students which works out to about 15K per student. Knowing the benefits of the philadelphia school system a tad along with the salaries there, I suspect it is closer to 18-20K per.
I know I am guilty of bashing the teachers a lot but one has to also consider the administration of these schools is syphoning a ton of money away too. In some systems, there is almost an equal number of non teachers per teacher. That is ridicules.
>> And, all those items go into a community sharing box.
Of course! Just part of the indoctrination: gotta “take things away from ‘em for the common good...”
Mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmm Barack Hussein Obama
Are we Zimbabwe yet?
The accounting practices of government schools would make an Enron accountant blush!
In my state, retired teachers are NOT considered a school expense. Their pensions and benefits fall under the category of retired government workers.
Other expenses not counted are **BUILDINGS**! ( Yes, I am shouting.) We have a new $70 MILLION dollar taj mahal of a high school, and that is not considered a school expense. It’s funding is considered a county bond improvement. ( Unbelievable!)
Then there are the police that walk the halls, and supervise school events. ( Not a school expense.) Lawn care services and maintainence is not considered and expense either.
Oh...And, yes, there is the long list of supplies the children are expected to bring each fall and “activity” fees.
Thankfully, our county’s parents don’t have book rental fee, as is found in some states.
Bashing? I can hardly think of a group of enablers of evil who receive more deference than our “sainted, underpaid, overworked, underappreciated” government school drones who call themselves “teachers.” There are exceptions, but they grow fewer every year by retirement or because they leave out of disgust at what government schooling does to children.
Shortly, 2nd Division. Shortly.
My point is the education system is top heavy with administration in addition to the notion the teachers are paid too much for poor performance.
Condoms will be provided free of charge.
My neighbor’s kid went door-to-door for his school last year selling chocolate-covered almonds for four dollars a box to fund the purchase of basketballs.
It (the student supply requirements) are almost identical at the school my niece teaches at this year. My niece has always had to pay for the necessary classroom/project supplies for her own classroom, but now the school district seems to be dealing with budget shortfalls by passing the cost of certain necessary building supplies on to the students.
and they always insist on top name brands...the expensive ones...
People pay school taxes through the nose. If a school can’t supply basics such as toilet paper, soap, whatever, the health department should close it down.
A $200 activity fee? The parents should band together and refuse.
Note these are the most overpaid and underqualified d’bags on the planet.
My boss tried to shove a Philly teacher in as a technician once, clown was a retard. Couldn’t solder his nuts to a circuit board.
No hire and we fired the “boss”, he was even more worthless.
Assclown came to visit on Sat before he started on Monday. His wife was a teacher and he wouldn’t let her get out of the car.
You could be closer to it than I.
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