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twostepn2001
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My wife went with the daughter yesterday to get the grandkid's school supplies. Had a list of 22 items "required" for school for each kid.
Whatever happened to just a Big Chief tablet, round nose scissiors, bottle of Elmer's glue, couple of pencils and a box of crayons and you was set to go??
Whatever happened to just a Big Chief tablet, round nose scissiors, bottle of Elmer's glue, couple of pencils and a box of crayons and you was set to go??
Possibly that was when schools gave teachers budgets for classroom supplies. The district I work in allows teachers $100 per year to buy what they need to make their classroom function. With 30 students in each class, $3.33 doesn't go far to buy what they need for a whole school year, and then there is nothing left to buy consumable items like chalk/dry erase markers/wet erase overhead pens/etc., things all students benefit from.
Nancy Howell
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It burned up.
We didn't have a list of 22 items, either. Would like to see what's on the list.
We didn't have a list of 22 items, either. Would like to see what's on the list.
CH(upstate,NY)
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Can't use chalk anymore, allergies.
Nope, not in my district. All classrooms are equipped with chalkboards. I built my own free standing whiteboard, so I have that to use too. We also have overhead projectors and can use the wet erase pens on those. Rural school districts in MN are not exactly thriving financially right now.
old
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Ya seems they start early each year. Back in the 80s they where starting around labor day but not any more. Yep this area starts on the 18th and they will get out around the 25th of May
twostepn2001
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Nancy,
According to "Grandma", there was 22 items on the list, but she was counting duplicates, like 2 boxes of crayons, 10 count each. And 2 boxes of #2 pencils, 12 each. And 3 binder notebooks and 50 count minimum of 3 different kinds of paper. Oh yeah and a box of map coloring pencils. AND at least 2 boxes of Kleenex tissues with their name clearly marked on the boxes. And one 4 ct. package of AAA batteries. I was afraid to even ask what those are for.
According to "Grandma", there was 22 items on the list, but she was counting duplicates, like 2 boxes of crayons, 10 count each. And 2 boxes of #2 pencils, 12 each. And 3 binder notebooks and 50 count minimum of 3 different kinds of paper. Oh yeah and a box of map coloring pencils. AND at least 2 boxes of Kleenex tissues with their name clearly marked on the boxes. And one 4 ct. package of AAA batteries. I was afraid to even ask what those are for.
Our schools started Monday, the 8th. When I'se a kid, we started the 1st day of September, unless it fell on a weekend. The 'country' schools started in mid-July; went to school for 6 weeks and then got out for 6 weeks for cotton picking. The school in my community closed in '37, so we were bussed to the city schools.
That's all we had/needed, a tablet and a pencil. On occasion (can't remember; I think it was once per month), the teacher would remind us that we needed to bring a nickel for "My Weekly Reader"; my dad would go beserk and scream at me that the books "are supposed to be free". Didn't take me long to remember to ask my mother for my nickel.
Around here, they generally start the day after Labor day, but don't get out until the middle of June. Later, if there are very many snow days, but we generally only have a couple of those.
They have something called "in service" days now- where the kids don't come to school, but teachers come and do heaven knows what. Supposedly lesson plans, etc. But now they are going to have "furlough days" to save money- and they'll be on the "in service" days- so kids won't come to school, but neither will teachers, and teachers won't get paid for them.
Has kind of an Alice in Wonderland feel to it- kind of like the old Randy Travis song line, "if my phone still ain't ringin', I assume it still ain't you." Why not bunch all those up at the end of the year, so everybody gets out for the summer a few days earlier?
They have something called "in service" days now- where the kids don't come to school, but teachers come and do heaven knows what. Supposedly lesson plans, etc. But now they are going to have "furlough days" to save money- and they'll be on the "in service" days- so kids won't come to school, but neither will teachers, and teachers won't get paid for them.
Has kind of an Alice in Wonderland feel to it- kind of like the old Randy Travis song line, "if my phone still ain't ringin', I assume it still ain't you." Why not bunch all those up at the end of the year, so everybody gets out for the summer a few days earlier?
School systems have become so top heavy with administrative staff that it's ridiculous.
Down here they went on a building spree a few years back because they got a tax increase pushed through.... several hundred million dollars of new schools that were not needed. And the money they spent on fluff was just crazy. There's no need for posh landscaping and fancy architecture for a public school. A block building and turf grass is all the tax payers should be paying for. use that money to pay the teachers more and can about 70% of the staff at the school board.
By the way the tax increase was supposed to be for retaining more teachers.... they've cut the number of teachers but those left have a piece of art for a workplace.
Down here they went on a building spree a few years back because they got a tax increase pushed through.... several hundred million dollars of new schools that were not needed. And the money they spent on fluff was just crazy. There's no need for posh landscaping and fancy architecture for a public school. A block building and turf grass is all the tax payers should be paying for. use that money to pay the teachers more and can about 70% of the staff at the school board.
By the way the tax increase was supposed to be for retaining more teachers.... they've cut the number of teachers but those left have a piece of art for a workplace.
John Harmon
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I started grade school in 1943.A war was going on and according to my parents all things needed for a day to day survival was in short supply. Especially things like sc hool supplies.I don"t recall those years but I can remember the 47-48 school yesrs,4th grade,needed a big chief tablet,2 pencils[leave one at home for later] an eraser and a 12" ruler.That never changed much until High school when I had to rent books.some kids from well to do families bought theirs,the class system don"t you know.The upper grade kids going to school out here need a back pack to carrry their I Pod,Misc devices and their Desk Top Computor. Paper and Pencils and Markers and Bic Pens etc are still required but I don"t think that study books are to a great extent any more.Lower grades still use books,mostly on a rental basis.
James Howell
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We always started the day after Labor Day.
Big concern here is over air conditioned school buses!
Don't remember air conditioning much less air conditioned school buses back in the day.
Bus ride was 30 miles one way; first one on the bus at 7am, last one off the bus at 5pm.
Big concern here is over air conditioned school buses!
Don't remember air conditioning much less air conditioned school buses back in the day.
Bus ride was 30 miles one way; first one on the bus at 7am, last one off the bus at 5pm.
showcrop
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We didn't have Big Chief tablets. Maybe because I grew up in paper manufacturing country. We rarely used white paper, it was grey, and I bet it was cheap too. The big thing that I remember was pencil boxes. I think we got a new one every other year or so and they kept changing like car models so you had to get the "in " one with built in pencil sharpener, or plastic cover that slid back underneath.
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