mcginnisc wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:58 am
agander2017 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:42 am
Schools these days don't provide anything for students. Have you seen the list of stuff that teacher's want the parents to buy? I went back to school shopping with my SIL last year for my nieces, and the list she had was outrageous. And my niece is only 6. She was starting kindergarten.
Why would they provide computers and WiFi when they won't even provide glue sticks? 
I'm in my mid 40's and schools never provided paper, glue, etc when *I* was a kid. There have always been supply lists. The problem is that schools get little funding and teachers are providing much of the supplies themselves. Many schools do not provide cleaning supplies for teachers so teachers have to fund it and in order to offset it, they put hand sanitizer and such on their lists. Keep in mind, many parents will do the bare minimum if anything at all either because they can't financially swing it, or they don't care. When the government does not act like education is important by giving necessary funding, it trickles down.
Our district provides chromebooks ( I only know this because almost all of my friends are teachers) , but not wifi.
I do think that virtual is the best option for many areas right now that are increasing and that something needs to be done so that *all* students have the same opportunities for education. I wish I knew what the answer is for everyone involved-especially those that need interventions.
I'm 38, and I remember teachers providing things like glue, and worksheets, in elementary school. I had to have the basics, blank paper, pencils, erasers, things like that, but the school supplied the glue, crayons, chalk that teachers used on the boards. I remember, because many times my teacher would ask me to go up to the office and get her some chalk. And they would pull it out of a big box, and give it to me. I would do the same for other supplies the teachers needed, if they sent me up there. Glue, crayons, even some pencils, if they were needed. That was years ago, and in California. I'm not sure what they did in other states. I do remember supplies being given though. Chromebooks for everyone would be expensive. I think most schools these days assume that the parents already have a computer and internet access. I don't think they do that here.
One of the things that was on a friend's child's school list was a tablet. Every child had to have one, and it had to have internet access. They had to take it to school everyday, and do their school work on that. It's just crazy to me how much the government doesn't care about education.
