Does your middle school use lockers?

[Anonymous]

Franklin is assigning lockers after the first week or two for anyone who wants them. The admin said most kids who get them don’t use them, but my kid wants to put his jacket in his. He definitely will not wear it all day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Franklin is assigning lockers after the first week or two for anyone who wants them. The admin said most kids who get them don’t use them, but my kid wants to put his jacket in his. He definitely will not wear it all day.

This makes sense. It should be student choice. Now kids will be forced to go to their lockers all the time to get materials. So ridiculous.

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cmsmeade wrote:Rachel Carson is using lockers. My kid struggled to figure out how to open it. Sigh. I must have helped 5 other families too. Hopefully the kids will remember or be able to help each other come Monday!

Yes, and they are also making a rule that backpacks have to stay in lockers. Essentially forcing kids to have to make endless trips to their locker for supplies. It doesn’t make sense.

Strange.

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This is how it was in the late 90s in middle school here. You would carry the textbook and binder you needed to each class. You weren't allowed to carry a backpack. There was plenty of time.

But now there is more stuff to carry - laptops, water bottle, etc.

I've been teaching middle school for almost 25 years and I can guarantee you that there is far less for students to carry now than there was 5, 10, 15, or 20 years ago.

For the first 10-15 years I was teaching, students carried:
-- Large, usually 3", binder OR separate 1" binders for each class
-- Textbooks for at least four classes, usually five (literature, math, history, science, and possibly foreign/world language)
-- Spiral for math
-- Large pencil case (most students, that is)
-- Lunch if they brought lunch from home



Then textbooks went away, but students still carried a massive 3" binder, a spiral for math, a large pencil case, a water bottle, and a lunch if they brought lunch from home.



For the past several years, students have carried:
-- A folder for the few papers they get
-- Small pencil case
-- Laptop
-- Lunch if they brought lunch
-- Water bottle (about half of students)

[Anonymous]

Twain MS has lockers. Bookbags are not allowed in class.

[Anonymous]

Why is having a backpack in class problematic? Can MS teachers share please?

[Anonymous]

It's a space issue and tripping hazard. I'm not a MS teacher. Just a parent and this is what I was told.

[Anonymous]

So HS student don't trip?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a space issue and tripping hazard. I'm not a MS teacher. Just a parent and this is what I was told.

Aren’t there hooks in the classroom?

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cmsmeade wrote:Rachel Carson is using lockers. My kid struggled to figure out how to open it. Sigh. I must have helped 5 other families too. Hopefully the kids will remember or be able to help each other come Monday!

Yes, and they are also making a rule that backpacks have to stay in lockers. Essentially forcing kids to have to make endless trips to their locker for supplies. It doesn’t make sense.

Strange.

+1

This is how it was in the late 90s in middle school here. You would carry the textbook and binder you needed to each class. You weren't allowed to carry a backpack. There was plenty of time.

But now there is more stuff to carry - laptops, water bottle, etc.

I've been teaching middle school for almost 25 years and I can guarantee you that there is far less for students to carry now than there was 5, 10, 15, or 20 years ago.

For the first 10-15 years I was teaching, students carried:
-- Large, usually 3", binder OR separate 1" binders for each class
-- Textbooks for at least four classes, usually five (literature, math, history, science, and possibly foreign/world language)
-- Spiral for math
-- Large pencil case (most students, that is)
-- Lunch if they brought lunch from home



Then textbooks went away, but students still carried a massive 3" binder, a spiral for math, a large pencil case, a water bottle, and a lunch if they brought lunch from home.



For the past several years, students have carried:
-- A folder for the few papers they get
-- Small pencil case
-- Laptop
-- Lunch if they brought lunch
-- Water bottle (about half of students)

Ok well our school wants a mini white board, a binder, a spiral, etc. on top of the laptops and water bottles. A backpack is a nice place to keep all of that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's a space issue and tripping hazard. I'm not a MS teacher. Just a parent and this is what I was told.

Aren’t there hooks in the classroom?

No, no hooks. And our classrooms were not built for the 33 students I have in one of my classes. We were backpacks in lockers for several years, and it definitely made it easier for everyone to move around the room. Backpacks are problematic in some science classrooms when doing labs. The tripping hazard is real.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's a space issue and tripping hazard. I'm not a MS teacher. Just a parent and this is what I was told.

Aren’t there hooks in the classroom?

Huh? Hooks? Definitely not!

Do any classrooms past kindergarten have hooks? I'm asking honestly. I've never seen them in any classrooms, but my kids have only been in FCPS since they were in 3rd, 5th, and 6th grades. I don't recall them ever having hooks in any of their classrooms. I've taught in three middle schools in FCPS, as well as one high school, and can confidently say that middle and high schools do not have hooks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's a space issue and tripping hazard. I'm not a MS teacher. Just a parent and this is what I was told.

Aren’t there hooks in the classroom?

No, no hooks. And our classrooms were not built for the 33 students I have in one of my classes. We were backpacks in lockers for several years, and it definitely made it easier for everyone to move around the room. Backpacks are problematic in some science classrooms when doing labs. The tripping hazard is real.

Why do HSs allow backpacks then?

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Anonymous wrote:It's a space issue and tripping hazard. I'm not a MS teacher. Just a parent and this is what I was told.

Aren’t there hooks in the classroom?

No, no hooks. And our classrooms were not built for the 33 students I have in one of my classes. We were backpacks in lockers for several years, and it definitely made it easier for everyone to move around the room. Backpacks are problematic in some science classrooms when doing labs. The tripping hazard is real.

Ok. Thanks for explaining. We are going to make the best of it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a space issue and tripping hazard. I'm not a MS teacher. Just a parent and this is what I was told.

Aren’t there hooks in the classroom?

Huh? Hooks? Definitely not!

Do any classrooms past kindergarten have hooks? I'm asking honestly. I've never seen them in any classrooms, but my kids have only been in FCPS since they were in 3rd, 5th, and 6th grades. I don't recall them ever having hooks in any of their classrooms. I've taught in three middle schools in FCPS, as well as one high school, and can confidently say that middle and high schools do not have hooks.

All elementary rooms have a coat closet area with hooks for backpacks and coats and lunches.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a space issue and tripping hazard. I'm not a MS teacher. Just a parent and this is what I was told.

Aren’t there hooks in the classroom?

Huh? Hooks? Definitely not!

Do any classrooms past kindergarten have hooks? I'm asking honestly. I've never seen them in any classrooms, but my kids have only been in FCPS since they were in 3rd, 5th, and 6th grades. I don't recall them ever having hooks in any of their classrooms. I've taught in three middle schools in FCPS, as well as one high school, and can confidently say that middle and high schools do not have hooks.

All elementary rooms have a coat closet area with hooks for backpacks and coats and lunches.

Do Crossfield, Oak Hill, and Lees Corner? Those are the only schools my kids have attended.