MCPS accepting donations to purchase chrome books

[Anonymous]

It was nice to see all the parents with 2020 vehicles, Mercedes, and Porsche etc. picking up their chromebooks..


This is what I saw at the elementary school across the street.

Some parents want the chromebooks because they already have pretty strict controls on the websites that kids can access. I feel safer handing my kid a school chromebook than my old laptop which is unbearably slow when Norton Family or some other blocking software is turned on.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It was nice to see all the parents with 2020 vehicles, Mercedes, and Porsche etc. picking up their chromebooks..

This is what I saw at the elementary school across the street.

Call me crazy but why is this a problem? Public education means it's free for everyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was nice to see all the parents with 2020 vehicles, Mercedes, and Porsche etc. picking up their chromebooks..

This is what I saw at the elementary school across the street.

Call me crazy but why is this a problem? Public education means it's free for everyone.

yes, but do those folks not have a computer at home, if they are driving newish expensive cars? Or are they just being greedy?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It was nice to see all the parents with 2020 vehicles, Mercedes, and Porsche etc. picking up their chromebooks..

This is what I saw at the elementary school across the street.

Call me crazy but why is this a problem? Public education means it's free for everyone.

yes, but do those folks not have a computer at home, if they are driving newish expensive cars? Or are they just being greedy?

They might not have one device per child.

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Anonymous wrote:It was nice to see all the parents with 2020 vehicles, Mercedes, and Porsche etc. picking up their chromebooks..

This is what I saw at the elementary school across the street.

Call me crazy but why is this a problem? Public education means it's free for everyone.

yes, but do those folks not have a computer at home, if they are driving newish expensive cars? Or are they just being greedy?

They might not have one device per child.

I guess that would make sense. But one would think that someone who is willing to spend $60K+ on a car would be willing to spend $300 for a chromebook for each child.

We don't drive super expensive cars, and we have multiple home laptops/computers that the kids can use. They are not new, but they suffice.

I'm assuming that many who are working from home also use work laptops. Some of course might be using home laptops. But, it's hard to believe that people who can afford super expensive cars can't afford to go out and get an extra chromebook for $300.

[Anonymous]

We have 2 kids but decided to leave the chrome books for those who really need it. Common sense

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It was nice to see all the parents with 2020 vehicles, Mercedes, and Porsche etc. picking up their chromebooks..

This is what I saw at the elementary school across the street.

Call me crazy but why is this a problem? Public education means it's free for everyone.

yes, but do those folks not have a computer at home, if they are driving newish expensive cars? Or are they just being greedy?

They might not have one device per child.

I guess that would make sense. But one would think that someone who is willing to spend $60K+ on a car would be willing to spend $300 for a chromebook for each child.

We don't drive super expensive cars, and we have multiple home laptops/computers that the kids can use. They are not new, but they suffice.

I'm assuming that many who are working from home also use work laptops. Some of course might be using home laptops. But, it's hard to believe that people who can afford super expensive cars can't afford to go out and get an extra chromebook for $300.

PP, we don't know the circumstances or the reasons why people went and got Chromebooks. Nor do we need to. MCPS offered them for people to come and get, and people came and got them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school made a big deal about broadcasting that they have a chrome book for every child. Now we need donations? Which is it MCPS?

MCPS is not asking for donations. That's a separate foundation with overhead costs and a paid director. Money given to them may or may not buy Chromebooks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It was nice to see all the parents with 2020 vehicles, Mercedes, and Porsche etc. picking up their chromebooks..

This is what I saw at the elementary school across the street.

FU. There are plenty of parents with nice cars who have lost their jobs or been sent home for 2 or more weeks without any idea if their business is coming back -- dentists, hairdressers, orthodontists, restaurant owners, stock brokers, etc. A nice car has no relationship to current income, so please stop shaming!

I don't have a nice car, but my income has also disappeared. I have one very old laptop for myself for the little work I am able to maintain. My college DC has one laptop to maintain a link with university. There is no schedule for university classes, it varies week to week. I picked up a chrome book for my other DC. Stop shaming people about it. There will, undoubtedly, be assignments and classwork and really work among all three of us which will require us to be online all at once. Add to that all the time I spend online reading about COVID and figuring out testing, home sanitation, etc. so I can keep the people in my family who are sick with COVID from getting sicker and the people in my family who are well from getting sick.

I'm just so sick already of the shaming. You have no idea what people are dealing with. Illness, income loss, risk factors, etc.

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

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Anonymous wrote:It was nice to see all the parents with 2020 vehicles, Mercedes, and Porsche etc. picking up their chromebooks..

This is what I saw at the elementary school across the street.

Call me crazy but why is this a problem? Public education means it's free for everyone.

yes, but do those folks not have a computer at home, if they are driving newish expensive cars? Or are they just being greedy?

They might not have one device per child.

I guess that would make sense. But one would think that someone who is willing to spend $60K+ on a car would be willing to spend $300 for a chromebook for each child.

We don't drive super expensive cars, and we have multiple home laptops/computers that the kids can use. They are not new, but they suffice.

I'm assuming that many who are working from home also use work laptops. Some of course might be using home laptops. But, it's hard to believe that people who can afford super expensive cars can't afford to go out and get an extra chromebook for $300.

PP, we don't know the circumstances or the reasons why people went and got Chromebooks. Nor do we need to. MCPS offered them for people to come and get, and people came and got them.

Actually, it was for kids who do not currently have one and NEED one. If a parent can buy a 100k dollar car, they absolutely can afford to buy a $189 Chromebook for their kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It was nice to see all the parents with 2020 vehicles, Mercedes, and Porsche etc. picking up their chromebooks..

This is what I saw at the elementary school across the street.

Call me crazy but why is this a problem? Public education means it's free for everyone.

yes, but do those folks not have a computer at home, if they are driving newish expensive cars? Or are they just being greedy?

They might not have one device per child.

I guess that would make sense. But one would think that someone who is willing to spend $60K+ on a car would be willing to spend $300 for a chromebook for each child.

We don't drive super expensive cars, and we have multiple home laptops/computers that the kids can use. They are not new, but they suffice.

I'm assuming that many who are working from home also use work laptops. Some of course might be using home laptops. But, it's hard to believe that people who can afford super expensive cars can't afford to go out and get an extra chromebook for $300.

PP, we don't know the circumstances or the reasons why people went and got Chromebooks. Nor do we need to. MCPS offered them for people to come and get, and people came and got them.

Actually, it was for kids who do not currently have one and NEED one. If a parent can buy a 100k dollar car, they absolutely can afford to buy a $189 Chromebook for their kids.

If our government can *find* trillions to prop up companies that are "too big to fail" then they can provide kids with the tools they need for their educations. I'm tired of education only getting budget scraps.

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Anonymous wrote:It was nice to see all the parents with 2020 vehicles, Mercedes, and Porsche etc. picking up their chromebooks..

This is what I saw at the elementary school across the street.

Call me crazy but why is this a problem? Public education means it's free for everyone.

yes, but do those folks not have a computer at home, if they are driving newish expensive cars? Or are they just being greedy?

They might not have one device per child.

I guess that would make sense. But one would think that someone who is willing to spend $60K+ on a car would be willing to spend $300 for a chromebook for each child.

We don't drive super expensive cars, and we have multiple home laptops/computers that the kids can use. They are not new, but they suffice.

I'm assuming that many who are working from home also use work laptops. Some of course might be using home laptops. But, it's hard to believe that people who can afford super expensive cars can't afford to go out and get an extra chromebook for $300.

PP, we don't know the circumstances or the reasons why people went and got Chromebooks. Nor do we need to. MCPS offered them for people to come and get, and people came and got them.

Actually, it was for kids who do not currently have one and NEED one. If a parent can buy a 100k dollar car, they absolutely can afford to buy a $189 Chromebook for their kids.

If our government can *find* trillions to prop up companies that are "too big to fail" then they can provide kids with the tools they need for their educations. I'm tired of education only getting budget scraps.

budget scraps?

I say this as a teacher - that some systems have MANY resources that actually go to waste.

Throwing money at a problem isn't always the answer - whether it's thrown at corporations or nonprofits.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It was nice to see all the parents with 2020 vehicles, Mercedes, and Porsche etc. picking up their chromebooks..

This is what I saw at the elementary school across the street.

Call me crazy but why is this a problem? Public education means it's free for everyone.

yes, but do those folks not have a computer at home, if they are driving newish expensive cars? Or are they just being greedy?

They might not have one device per child.

I guess that would make sense. But one would think that someone who is willing to spend $60K+ on a car would be willing to spend $300 for a chromebook for each child.

We don't drive super expensive cars, and we have multiple home laptops/computers that the kids can use. They are not new, but they suffice.

I'm assuming that many who are working from home also use work laptops. Some of course might be using home laptops. But, it's hard to believe that people who can afford super expensive cars can't afford to go out and get an extra chromebook for $300.

PP, we don't know the circumstances or the reasons why people went and got Chromebooks. Nor do we need to. MCPS offered them for people to come and get, and people came and got them.

Actually, it was for kids who do not currently have one and NEED one. If a parent can buy a 100k dollar car, they absolutely can afford to buy a $189 Chromebook for their kids.

If our government can *find* trillions to prop up companies that are "too big to fail" then they can provide kids with the tools they need for their educations. I'm tired of education only getting budget scraps.

that's neither here nor there. There are many students in MCPS that don't even have ONE computer in the house. If you don't absolutely need the chromebook, let some one who really needs it have it. Don't take it just because you're angry at the government.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was nice to see all the parents with 2020 vehicles, Mercedes, and Porsche etc. picking up their chromebooks..

This is what I saw at the elementary school across the street.

Call me crazy but why is this a problem? Public education means it's free for everyone.

yes, but do those folks not have a computer at home, if they are driving newish expensive cars? Or are they just being greedy?

They might not have one device per child.

I guess that would make sense. But one would think that someone who is willing to spend $60K+ on a car would be willing to spend $300 for a chromebook for each child.

We don't drive super expensive cars, and we have multiple home laptops/computers that the kids can use. They are not new, but they suffice.

I'm assuming that many who are working from home also use work laptops. Some of course might be using home laptops. But, it's hard to believe that people who can afford super expensive cars can't afford to go out and get an extra chromebook for $300.

PP, we don't know the circumstances or the reasons why people went and got Chromebooks. Nor do we need to. MCPS offered them for people to come and get, and people came and got them.

Actually, it was for kids who do not currently have one and NEED one. If a parent can buy a 100k dollar car, they absolutely can afford to buy a $189 Chromebook for their kids.

What part of this do you not understand? Everyone pays taxes and if that rich person in the 100K car does not have enough computers at home because they have kids in ES and didn't want them addicted to a screen, who are you to judge them for their choices? The bottom line is any kid who needs one will get it (does not matter if their parents are rich or poor).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It was nice to see all the parents with 2020 vehicles, Mercedes, and Porsche etc. picking up their chromebooks..

This is what I saw at the elementary school across the street.

Call me crazy but why is this a problem? Public education means it's free for everyone.

Agreed. This should not be a problem. This shaming on DCUM is getting out of hand.

We are not rich and not poor either, we have 1 computer which cannot be shared by all our kids. If they are going to do online learning, they each need their computer so we got it from the school. While we could afford to buy a chrome book, we do not see the need to buy one when the school is giving it out. We pay taxes just like everyone else.