PSA: MCPS Chromebooks are a loan, not a gift

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids have that book about Kid Presidents. There is a blurb about how Kennedy used to steal milk bottles off of people’s front porches and then sell them back to make a nickel profit.

Look, kids do sh$t like this. Always have, always will.

Impossible to expect MCPS to enforce that families return Chromebooks.

I would definitely consider these Chromebooks to be ‘gifts’.

If Kennedy did that, why does DCUM assume only poor kids in MCPS would be up to Chromebook shenanigans? And why aren’t we’ll off kids selling their families’ Chromebooks and laptops, then just claiming they were lost or stolen?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach in a low-income MCPS high school. Guaranteed the family will sell it on eBay.

Then, try helping get them what they need. Help the kids with clothing, food, school supplies, hair care, etc. There are a few schools regularly asking for donations for the kids. Imagine how desperate you have to be to do that.

What more can we ask of teachers?

You give and you give and you never question why.

You have only yourselves to blame for never learning to say no.

- former teacher

Kids having what they need makes teaching easier.

And again, teachers are there to teach. We don't have degrees in psychology to provide therapy to kids. We're not stylist - hair and clothing.

If you want schools to become families, what do you suggest? When would you carve out time for teaching?

I don't disagree, but logistically, teachers' lives are taken up with too many social-emotional issues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach in a low-income MCPS high school. Guaranteed the family will sell it on eBay.

Jokes on them they'd make like 20 bucks for a 720.

That’s 20 bucks more than they had before.

Even before covid, kids could take out loaners. Were they selling them back then, too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids have that book about Kid Presidents. There is a blurb about how Kennedy used to steal milk bottles off of people’s front porches and then sell them back to make a nickel profit.

Look, kids do sh$t like this. Always have, always will.

Impossible to expect MCPS to enforce that families return Chromebooks.

I would definitely consider these Chromebooks to be ‘gifts’.

If Kennedy did that, why does DCUM assume only poor kids in MCPS would be up to Chromebook shenanigans? And why aren’t we’ll off kids selling their families’ Chromebooks and laptops, then just claiming they were lost or stolen?

I don’t see where DCUM is assuming ONLY poor kids will do this.

Read the PPs. Lots of posts about how ‘wealthier’ families will be taking Chromebooks that they do not need, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach in a low-income MCPS high school. Guaranteed the family will sell it on eBay.

Jokes on them they'd make like 20 bucks for a 720.

That’s 20 bucks more than they had before.

Even before covid, kids could take out loaners. Were they selling them back then, too?

Kids don’t always return things. Chromebooks, library books. Whatever.

Nobody is kept from graduating. Kids and families know this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My HS kid: "They're giving out uniforms during practice tomorrow."

Me (if I were DCUM Parent): "NO! They are LOANING uniforms during practice tomorrow! The uniforms are a LOAN, not a GIFT!"

[My HS kid, internally: "No duh."]

You might see it that way. And YOUR kid might see it that way. But many families don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My HS kid: "They're giving out uniforms during practice tomorrow."

Me (if I were DCUM Parent): "NO! They are LOANING uniforms during practice tomorrow! The uniforms are a LOAN, not a GIFT!"

[My HS kid, internally: "No duh."]

You might see it that way. And YOUR kid might see it that way. But many families don’t.

Really? Many families believe that sports uniforms are a gift?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach in a low-income MCPS high school. Guaranteed the family will sell it on eBay.

I call troll. They could track the chrome book with the serial number, which I'm sure they're recording alongside the student ID.

Also, who TF on ebay wants a six year old, grimy ass chrome book? Agree with the other PP - do those kids a favor and get yourself another job.

- MCPS teacher

Parent here. The racism in the top posters response is tiresome. I have run into so many teachers who think kids are gaming the system and they all need to find a new line of work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids have that book about Kid Presidents. There is a blurb about how Kennedy used to steal milk bottles off of people’s front porches and then sell them back to make a nickel profit.

Look, kids do sh$t like this. Always have, always will.

Impossible to expect MCPS to enforce that families return Chromebooks.

I would definitely consider these Chromebooks to be ‘gifts’.

If Kennedy did that, why does DCUM assume only poor kids in MCPS would be up to Chromebook shenanigans? And why aren’t we’ll off kids selling their families’ Chromebooks and laptops, then just claiming they were lost or stolen?

I don’t see where DCUM is assuming ONLY poor kids will do this.

Read the PPs. Lots of posts about how ‘wealthier’ families will be taking Chromebooks that they do not need, etc.

Some posts claiming poor kids would sell them were deleted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach in a low-income MCPS high school. Guaranteed the family will sell it on eBay.

I call troll. They could track the chrome book with the serial number, which I'm sure they're recording alongside the student ID.

Also, who TF on ebay wants a six year old, grimy ass chrome book? Agree with the other PP - do those kids a favor and get yourself another job.

- MCPS teacher

Parent here. The racism in the top posters response is tiresome. I have run into so many teachers who think kids are gaming the system and they all need to find a new line of work.

FFS, where do you see anyone talking about race? Nowhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach in a low-income MCPS high school. Guaranteed the family will sell it on eBay.

I call troll. They could track the chrome book with the serial number, which I'm sure they're recording alongside the student ID.

Also, who TF on ebay wants a six year old, grimy ass chrome book? Agree with the other PP - do those kids a favor and get yourself another job.

- MCPS teacher

Parent here. The racism in the top posters response is tiresome. I have run into so many teachers who think kids are gaming the system and they all need to find a new line of work.

FFS, where do you see anyone talking about race? Nowhere.

Some posts were reported and deleted. Dog whistle stuff the poster used to imply race of the kids he/she argued would sell Chromebooks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Viers Mill ES ran out in 45 minutes.

Were there families still in line when they ran out? Were they instructed to go to a different school?

The principal came down the line of cars and told us there weren't enough left. He said he would work with MCPS to find more and contact us ASAP. Maybe some other schools have a surplus?

That’s too bad PP. I know that other schools had lots and were telling parents to take them as long as they could use it, even if they could afford to buy one on their own. So you should advocate until you get one if you need it. If MCPS says they don’t have any more, you should ask them to send out an email asking parents to return a chromebook if they can afford it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Viers Mill ES ran out in 45 minutes.

Were there families still in line when they ran out? Were they instructed to go to a different school?

The principal came down the line of cars and told us there weren't enough left. He said he would work with MCPS to find more and contact us ASAP. Maybe some other schools have a surplus?

That’s too bad PP. I know that other schools had lots and were telling parents to take them as long as they could use it, even if they could afford to buy one on their own. So you should advocate until you get one if you need it. If MCPS says they don’t have any more, you should ask them to send out an email asking parents to return a chromebook if they can afford it.

It's covered now. We're picking them up on Monday. The principal is great and reached out once he had them secured from wherever. I was willing to just get one and have my kids share, but the message was that each kid should have their own.