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TIME TO GET SERIOUS!
"Kindergarten students entering Callahan School should bring the following supplies the first day of school. We will be using these supplies throughout the school year and may ask for additional supplies as the year goes on."
Classroom Supplies Needed:
- 2 Rolls of paper towels - 2 Containers of Clorox (or similar brand) wipes to clean tables with - 2 Containers of Wet Ones (or similar brand) to wipe children’s hands - 2 Bottles of Anti-Bacterial Lotion - 2 Boxes of Kleenex Tissues - Ziploc (or similar brand) bags in the sizes of snack bags, sandwich bags, and quart size. (These are used throughout the year for different activities) - 4 Small Glue sticks - 4 Black or Blue Dry Erase Markers
Supplies for your child to use in class:
- 2 Plastic 2 Pocket Folder or heavy weight one that will be brought back and forth from/to school with papers in it. - 1 Plastic Pencil Box that will be kept at school for crayons and pencil - 1 Backpack to bring things to school - 1 Lunch bag or you can use paper bags
This is just one example of the many supplies lists mentioned. Looks like the children will need UHAUL trucks on the first day just to bring all the needed supplies!
Once again, I urge LPS to read MGL Ch. 71 Section 48 which states in part, "The principal at each school, subject to the direction of the superintendent, shall, at the expense of the school district, purchase textbooks and other school supplies, and consistent with the district policy, shall loan them to the pupils attending such school free of charge."
I am copying these lists, particularly the classroom lists, and sending them to Dr. Latham. She is the person responsible for providing classroom supplies, not parents! It is shameful that teachers have to spend hundreds, if not thousands, of their own money for classroom supplies, and are forced to ask parents for help in providing them, when they should be provided by the district out of the $119 MILLION DOLLAR budget.
Thank goodness you read these things LORI and point out the LAW to DR. LATHAM who is probably counting her newly raised pennies to ponder the precarious position we parents are put in.
I want to remind you of the INNOVATION SCHOOL that became a STEM SCHOOL at WASHINGTON. Then there are TRANSLATION postings and specific actions required of DR. LATHAM due to LORI'S LAW LASHING to LATHAM.
Teachers across the nation - rich and poor cities - pay an average of $448 a year on classroom supplies. Why should Lynn be different? This is not unique to Lynn and where do students not bring in their own paper and pencils? You make it sound like something unique happening in Lynn. Work for a nonprofit and see what they provide their clients.
I know it is not unique to Lynn, but just because it is happening across the state doesn't make it right or legal for that matter. Also, as you can see by the above list, we are not talking about kids merely providing their own paper and pencils. The bottom line is public school districts should legally be providing all required supplies for students, period! That said, I also think the districts should be providing all the necessary resources and supplies that teachers need for their classrooms and teachers should not have to pay a penny out of their own pockets for these. However, I don't believe there are specific laws requiring districts to do this and as we all know, what a teacher feels are necessary resources can be much different from what the administration believes are necessary. Just take a look at the FY 2014 $119 million budget and you will see just where the administration's priorities are.
Wasnt there talk at one of the debates about $4 million that the mayor has that's to go to the schools? Why can't that $4 million go for school and cleaning supplies?
You are so smart and very attentive to what was said. Yes, I think that the STATE says we came up 4.1 million dollars short on minimum spending,probably mandated to keep all that state Ch. 70 money. That info wasn't shared with me prior to the debate.
It is not so mych we are short on money as how we spend what we got!
"Kindergarten students entering Callahan School should bring the following supplies the first day of school. We will be using these supplies throughout the school year and may ask for additional supplies as the year goes on."
ReplyDeleteClassroom Supplies Needed:
- 2 Rolls of paper towels
- 2 Containers of Clorox (or similar brand) wipes to clean tables with
- 2 Containers of Wet Ones (or similar brand) to wipe children’s hands
- 2 Bottles of Anti-Bacterial Lotion
- 2 Boxes of Kleenex Tissues
- Ziploc (or similar brand) bags in the sizes of snack bags, sandwich bags, and quart size. (These are used throughout the year for different activities)
- 4 Small Glue sticks
- 4 Black or Blue Dry Erase Markers
Supplies for your child to use in class:
- 2 Plastic 2 Pocket Folder or heavy weight one that will be brought back and forth from/to school with papers in it.
- 1 Plastic Pencil Box that will be kept at school for crayons and pencil
- 1 Backpack to bring things to school
- 1 Lunch bag or you can use paper bags
This is just one example of the many supplies lists mentioned. Looks like the children will need UHAUL trucks on the first day just to bring all the needed supplies!
Once again, I urge LPS to read MGL Ch. 71 Section 48 which states in part, "The principal at each school, subject to the direction of the superintendent, shall, at the expense of the school district, purchase textbooks and other school supplies, and consistent with the district policy, shall loan them to the pupils attending such school free of charge."
I am copying these lists, particularly the classroom lists, and sending them to Dr. Latham. She is the person responsible for providing classroom supplies, not parents! It is shameful that teachers have to spend hundreds, if not thousands, of their own money for classroom supplies, and are forced to ask parents for help in providing them, when they should be provided by the district out of the $119 MILLION DOLLAR budget.
Thank goodness you read these things LORI and point out the LAW to DR. LATHAM who is probably counting her newly raised pennies to ponder the precarious position we parents are put in.
DeleteLori, does Dr. Latham listen to you and change things when you point out the law to her?
DeleteI want to remind you of the INNOVATION SCHOOL that became a STEM SCHOOL at WASHINGTON. Then there are TRANSLATION postings and specific actions required of DR. LATHAM due to LORI'S LAW LASHING to LATHAM.
DeleteI do want everyone yo give it up for my friends at Callahan who are taking new steps to get the word out!
ReplyDeleteTeachers across the nation - rich and poor cities - pay an average of $448 a year on classroom supplies. Why should Lynn be different? This is not unique to Lynn and where do students not bring in their own paper and pencils? You make it sound like something unique happening in Lynn. Work for a nonprofit and see what they provide their clients.
ReplyDeleteI know it is not unique to Lynn, but just because it is happening across the state doesn't make it right or legal for that matter. Also, as you can see by the above list, we are not talking about kids merely providing their own paper and pencils. The bottom line is public school districts should legally be providing all required supplies for students, period! That said, I also think the districts should be providing all the necessary resources and supplies that teachers need for their classrooms and teachers should not have to pay a penny out of their own pockets for these. However, I don't believe there are specific laws requiring districts to do this and as we all know, what a teacher feels are necessary resources can be much different from what the administration believes are necessary. Just take a look at the FY 2014 $119 million budget and you will see just where the administration's priorities are.
DeleteWasnt there talk at one of the debates about $4 million that the mayor has that's to go to the schools? Why can't that $4 million go for school and cleaning supplies?
ReplyDeleteYou are so smart and very attentive to what was said. Yes, I think that the STATE says we came up 4.1 million dollars short on minimum spending,probably mandated to keep all that state Ch. 70 money. That info wasn't shared with me prior to the debate.
DeleteIt is not so mych we are short on money as how we spend what we got!