FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i think its a little creepy how some poster is obsessed with free tampons. Should we make kids bring their own toilet paper to school, too? Its the same thing.

What’s next - making teachers wipe kids butts if their parents didn’t teach them right?

That’s a crazy comparison. Tampons are free in the nurses office should a student need one. Having them in the bathroom just freaking saves time. Chill.

[Anonymous]

School system IT is really the lowest of the low in the IT profession. Having worked in IT consulting my entire career, I can say I've never met people less technically competent or less motivated that a school system IT worker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:School system IT is really the lowest of the low in the IT profession. Having worked in IT consulting my entire career, I can say I've never met people less technically competent or less motivated that a school system IT worker.

Funny- as someone who's worked in IT in the Ed space (public and private, but not FCPS) for almost 20 years, the career corporate IT people who move to Ed later in their careers have been the biggest disasters. They A) think they know more than everyone and B) try to run a school exactly like they ran their bank or law firm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i think its a little creepy how some poster is obsessed with free tampons. Should we make kids bring their own toilet paper to school, too? Its the same thing.

What’s next - making teachers wipe kids butts if their parents didn’t teach them right?

That’s a crazy comparison. Tampons are free in the nurses office should a student need one. Having them in the bathroom just freaking saves time. Chill.

What a dumb observation. Having supplies available for request in rare circumstances is different than becoming the primary provider. But yours is the mindset that’s turned FCPS into an organization that worries about handing out free stuff in some areas when it needs to be focused on the academic needs of students across the entire county.

If things were different they’d have a Chief Academic Officer and an IT head that between them could have actually delivered the distance learning solutions needed right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i think its a little creepy how some poster is obsessed with free tampons. Should we make kids bring their own toilet paper to school, too? Its the same thing.

What’s next - making teachers wipe kids butts if their parents didn’t teach them right?

That’s a crazy comparison. Tampons are free in the nurses office should a student need one. Having them in the bathroom just freaking saves time. Chill.

What a dumb observation. Having supplies available for request in rare circumstances is different than becoming the primary provider. But yours is the mindset that’s turned FCPS into an organization that worries about handing out free stuff in some areas when it needs to be focused on the academic needs of students across the entire county.

If things were different they’d have a Chief Academic Officer and an IT head that between them could have actually delivered the distance learning solutions needed right now.

You are comparing apples and oranges. Having tampons readily accessible so that female students who need them can just take it and continue onward with school is very different than implementing effective distance learning.

Plenty of wealthy people forget a tampon. Girls in middle school might get their period for the first time in class. Being able to run to the bathroom and get a tampon and head back to class minimizes overall disruption, and also allows the nurse to take care of more important things than handing out sanitary products.

Mensuration happens monthly, so it’s not necessarily a rare occurrence. This isn’t a political argument. I’m fiscally conservative, a teacher, and think schools spend a ton of money on dumb crap we never use like Blackboard for instance. But tampons not so much. I’d rather not have janitors cleaning up biohazards

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i think its a little creepy how some poster is obsessed with free tampons. Should we make kids bring their own toilet paper to school, too? Its the same thing.

What’s next - making teachers wipe kids butts if their parents didn’t teach them right?

That’s a crazy comparison. Tampons are free in the nurses office should a student need one. Having them in the bathroom just freaking saves time. Chill.

What a dumb observation. Having supplies available for request in rare circumstances is different than becoming the primary provider. But yours is the mindset that’s turned FCPS into an organization that worries about handing out free stuff in some areas when it needs to be focused on the academic needs of students across the entire county.

If things were different they’d have a Chief Academic Officer and an IT head that between them could have actually delivered the distance learning solutions needed right now.

You are comparing apples and oranges. Having tampons readily accessible so that female students who need them can just take it and continue onward with school is very different than implementing effective distance learning.

Plenty of wealthy people forget a tampon. Girls in middle school might get their period for the first time in class. Being able to run to the bathroom and get a tampon and head back to class minimizes overall disruption, and also allows the nurse to take care of more important things than handing out sanitary products.

Mensuration happens monthly, so it’s not necessarily a rare occurrence. This isn’t a political argument. I’m fiscally conservative, a teacher, and think schools spend a ton of money on dumb crap we never use like Blackboard for instance. But tampons not so much. I’d rather not have janitors cleaning up biohazards

The supply in the nurse's office, available upon request, ought to be adequate to with middle students getting their period for the first time in class.

This was another social justice initiative, pushed by McElveen and Keys Gamarra, under the banner "menstrual equity," that diverted FCPS's attention from, you know, academics.

And we continue to pay the price for their idiosyncratic priorities and neglect of basic preparedness when it comes to IT and instructional materials.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i think its a little creepy how some poster is obsessed with free tampons. Should we make kids bring their own toilet paper to school, too? Its the same thing.

What’s next - making teachers wipe kids butts if their parents didn’t teach them right?

That’s a crazy comparison. Tampons are free in the nurses office should a student need one. Having them in the bathroom just freaking saves time. Chill.

Wondering how many times the supply has to be replenished by custodians. I'm guessing--from the frequent empty toilet paper back in the day before the lock boxes--that it is an issue. I've seen no feedback on this program at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i think its a little creepy how some poster is obsessed with free tampons. Should we make kids bring their own toilet paper to school, too? Its the same thing.

What’s next - making teachers wipe kids butts if their parents didn’t teach them right?

That’s a crazy comparison. Tampons are free in the nurses office should a student need one. Having them in the bathroom just freaking saves time. Chill.

What a dumb observation. Having supplies available for request in rare circumstances is different than becoming the primary provider. But yours is the mindset that’s turned FCPS into an organization that worries about handing out free stuff in some areas when it needs to be focused on the academic needs of students across the entire county.

If things were different they’d have a Chief Academic Officer and an IT head that between them could have actually delivered the distance learning solutions needed right now.

Please explain how having tampons free in the bathrooms is different than having toilet paper for free in the bathrooms?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:School system IT is really the lowest of the low in the IT profession. Having worked in IT consulting my entire career, I can say I've never met people less technically competent or less motivated that a school system IT worker.

I work for a school system and I couldn’t agree more. I IT head and other directors are basically former teachers who kissed a$$ to get the positions, nobody knows anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i think its a little creepy how some poster is obsessed with free tampons. Should we make kids bring their own toilet paper to school, too? Its the same thing.

What’s next - making teachers wipe kids butts if their parents didn’t teach them right?

That’s a crazy comparison. Tampons are free in the nurses office should a student need one. Having them in the bathroom just freaking saves time. Chill.

What a dumb observation. Having supplies available for request in rare circumstances is different than becoming the primary provider. But yours is the mindset that’s turned FCPS into an organization that worries about handing out free stuff in some areas when it needs to be focused on the academic needs of students across the entire county.

If things were different they’d have a Chief Academic Officer and an IT head that between them could have actually delivered the distance learning solutions needed right now.

Please explain how having tampons free in the bathrooms is different than having toilet paper for free in the bathrooms?

You should be able to figure that out for yourself. Not to mention many school bathrooms have neither doors to the stalls nor toilet paper. That could have been a priority, but it doesn't sound as cutting edge as "menstrual equity."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i think its a little creepy how some poster is obsessed with free tampons. Should we make kids bring their own toilet paper to school, too? Its the same thing.

What’s next - making teachers wipe kids butts if their parents didn’t teach them right?

That’s a crazy comparison. Tampons are free in the nurses office should a student need one. Having them in the bathroom just freaking saves time. Chill.

What a dumb observation. Having supplies available for request in rare circumstances is different than becoming the primary provider. But yours is the mindset that’s turned FCPS into an organization that worries about handing out free stuff in some areas when it needs to be focused on the academic needs of students across the entire county.

If things were different they’d have a Chief Academic Officer and an IT head that between them could have actually delivered the distance learning solutions needed right now.

Please explain how having tampons free in the bathrooms is different than having toilet paper for free in the bathrooms?

You should be able to figure that out for yourself. Not to mention many school bathrooms have neither doors to the stalls nor toilet paper. That could have been a priority, but it doesn't sound as cutting edge as "menstrual equity."

What schools are you in? They don’t have a front door because of security issues. But all stalls have doors. They have to.

Also, should we not give kids cough drops? Should we give them Tylenol? Pencils? Paper? Markers? Given your logic what should schools provide? I’m genuinely curious.

[Anonymous]

the above just doesn't want to help the girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the above just doesn't want to help the girls.

And for a moment I wondered if I was missing anything meaningful in this thread.

[Anonymous]

This thread is about the school board meeting re: distance learning fail and Black Board.

Enough with the tampons! That has nothing to do with IT and distance learning!

[Anonymous]

I teach 8th grade. Easily 2x a day a girl asks to go “to the nurse, for...you know”. It’s across the school, so a 10 minute absence by the time they sign in, get what they need, walk back to the bathroom, and back to class. Plus, many girls aren’t comfortable asking male teachers for clinic passes because they are embarrassed. I am glad the menstrual supplies in the bathrooms should get kids back to class faster.

That being said, the supplies were never stocked at my school. They put up the dispensers, but never filled them.