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[quote=Anonymous]Title One teacher here. ITA about. The mismanagement of resources. Many of my students' families prioritize things which I consider luxury items like big screen TVs, expensive gaming systems, the newest phones for the entire family, iPads for little kids, etc. Some of them even call our school family coordinator because they have run out of money to pay bills. One of my students went back to the D.R. for 6 weeks with her mother and 4 siblings but yet they qualify for a free lunch. I can't afford 2 tickets to fly to FL. Up yet they somehow can fly their family to the Caribbean. My DD wants an Xbox but I don't have the money for it. But my students who all qualify for a free lunch have gaming systems, their own phones (they are in 3rd grade) and their own tablets. So these families are getting the money from somewhere (under the table I assume) but instead of buying school supplies, books, etc, they spend it on things they won't help them academically. They all have internet access at home but few of them read books on RAZ Kids using our school account. [/quote]

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