[Marylander]

I understand that my city of Philadelphia supposedly spends more than $10,000 per year per child, yet I found a note from a teacher berating a parent for a child not having crayons. Where is the $10,000? Is it that the teachers' union is funneling it into the pockets of teachers and administrators?

[Bronzy]

And, all those items go into a community sharing box. Kids don’t have private property anymore.

[aruanan]

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.

Same thing here in Chicago. And on top of it all the high school students have to pay a ~$200 "activity fee."

Is it that the teachers' union is funneling it into the pockets of teachers and administrators?

Yes and no. A huge amount is being funneled into the pockets of the teachers' union.

[maine yankee]

Did the teachers bring the same list of supplies for their use ? Or are the taxpayers paying for their TP ?

[Mouton]

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.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Are we Zimbabwe yet?

[wintertime]

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.

[mylife]

Condoms will be provided free of charge.

[rickmichaels]

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.

[DemforBush]

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.

[goldi]

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.

[Eagles2003]

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.

[tflabo]

Here in Tx. about 2/3rds of my property taxes are designated for public school districts. A few years ago they tore down and built several brand new elementary schools.
Why they couldn’t just remodel the old ones I don’t know-—they didn’t seem all that rundown to me.

[Track9]

I think I’d simply bring a picture of Sharyl Crow and when at it, flush her down the can too.

[Clintonfatigued]

First, they require parents to keep their children imprisoned in these dreary public schools and charge taxpayers for it, now they force them to bring their own toilet paper. Isn’t this adding insult to injury?

[RightWingConspirator]

I understand that some schools confiscate all school supplies brought by the school kids. Some children don't bring anything because they allegedly are too poor or their parents just don't give a damn. Then the teachers put all of the school supplies in a bin and divvy it out all of the supplies to the class. Thus the teachers are following Zerobama's communist/socialist redistribution of wealth ideal: "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need."

I assume that after one time of this parents know that their kids will not get a shot at anything special that they bought for them, but instead will get the cheapest stuff they can buy, knowing that some other kid will get it.

[JenB]

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[Marathoner]

It’s all in the plan, Comrades. See plank # 10 of the Communist Manifesto: “Free education for all children in government schools”

[HungarianGypsy]

The interesting part about $10,000 per child. I have looked up private schools and found they cost half as much for tuition. I wonder if they pay for their own toilet paper.

[WOBBLY BOB]

K-12 per pupil cost of $25,000 breaking the country’s budget

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2563374/posts

[Mr. Silverback]

Um...My kids are homeschooled, so I have to ask...what happens if you tell the school, “Buy your own toilet paper, I pay taxes for that?” Do they refuse to educate the kids, ostracize them, write a stern note, what?