Schools

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 04:41 am Post Subject:

I don't think we will ever get away from companies using kids to make a profit, it is sad but true. Just about any activity from school to scouts, as long as fundraising is involved, there will be money rackets where they take advantage of kids and the programs that they are involved in.

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 06:44 am Post Subject:

Why can't the handle the sells at school instead of sending kids home with this crap for us parents to deal with.We pay our school taxes and contribute in other ways(box tops for education).I don't blame the teachers.They say they spend all this money to buy stuff for the class room but they have class room fees to cover that. Did you ever wonder what happens to all the supplies we send every year? All the wet wipes and pencils and stuff?

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:22 am Post Subject:

Well I'll tell you what happens to them in my town (five teachers in the family) they go home with the teachers.

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 02:07 pm Post Subject:

unfortunately you can't really control that either, teachers taking from the kids, now what is up with that. They make enough money that they could buy their own for home, if not they need to be coming to the forums to make a few bucks to buy themselves some. Hell, we may even donate a buck or two to them.

Do the teachers in your family see the others taking them home Lori?

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 03:21 am Post Subject:

I agree, unfortunately they are probably not going to stop pushing this crap. However, you don't have to buy it, so don't support it, don't buy it, like Lori said, donate directly to the kid that you want to benefit for the fundraiser, then the company will not get the money anyway. Maybe they will slow down this racket anyway or look for different ways to fundraise.

I was always a fan of the community even fundraisers. I would rather pay for a car wash than I would a pack of wrapping paper that I can purchase some where for half the price. The 5 dollar car wash is an idea that works and these days it is a bargain. So if you have any input at all in what types of fundraisers that your kids do, maybe you can suggest something like that. The families can get involved in this too.

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 04:26 pm Post Subject:

Wow, That is so wrong! The teachers taking them home. They don't realize how strained some budgets are buying that stuff. I stopped paying class fees a long while back. I mean after we buy all the supplies then they want a class room fee?? Whats up with that. What they need is a box on the teachers deask for donations then the ones who can give will give and hepls out the ones who can't.The left over supplies should carry over for next year to help out the more needy students. I remember when i went to grade school.They had a fee for work books.No fee no work book.My dad was a tennent farmer or share cropper. I was always the last one to get my work book so i was always behind. My sister quit 12 grade cause she had no money for the text books .Back then you had to buy your own.Mostly forn the graduating students.Some had pages all torn out of them.

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 06:56 pm Post Subject:

I have never heard of any of this room fee or paying for your own books, Pennsylvania must be different. The only thing that kids have to pay for here is lunch if they don't qualify for free lunch. I think that is a shame that they don't provide the materials for education. Guess I should feel lucky that my tax dollars are being used for a good thing then if our kids are not paying for these supplies.

what is the school district or information, would a group of kids here be able to send a care package to the school, supplies and stuff, like what kinds of things do the kids have to purchase? Pencils, tablets, etc. What do they have to buy, not what they want to buy? Just curious to see if we can get something together.

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 09:13 pm Post Subject:

The class every year has a list specific to that class and grade. Its different most years .It usually includes wet wipes ,tissues,pencils or pens or both .certain types of folders specific to each class and notebooks ,Markers the list goes on .I can't remember everything .It does get smaller in the middle grades.Back packs too. Then they have a class room fee really don't understand what thats for. The year my son graduated I had to pay that fee for his senior year before he could graduate. It even continues through high school .Fees to join clubs.I tell you the schools here will break you!When all 3 were in school I think I was paying like 14.00 a week for school lunches.Funny I never thought that there were schools that were not like that.The schools in SC had a supplies list but no class room fees. They did have a couple of fundraisers but not like the many they have here.

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:59 pm Post Subject:

Do the teachers in your family see the others taking them home Lori?

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 04:05 am Post Subject:

I'd rather give them five bucks and knowing the school is earning something than give them five bucks and I wind up with some stale cookies, 3 of which have been eaten.

The fact that you have to pay for compulsory education is just plain wrong on every level. That's what taxes are for, but we all know that the governments priorities are far different from the peoples.