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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School supplies should be school supplies. No baby wipes, no Clorox wipes, no tissues, no paper towels. Use what the school provides and what taxpayers have already PAID FOR! she should have cleaning spray they have toilet tissue they have paper towels. It’s very obnoxious to request parents to spend more money because you prefer something better than what’s already been purchased. This has to stop. [/quote]

Teachers are not requesting “better” items… they are simply requesting the needed items that THEY DON’T HAVE or DON’T HAVE ENOUGH OF. No one is holding a tissue drive because they have a brand preference, they are holding a tissue drive because they have NO tissues! Same with cleaning supplies. There are not enough custodians to do the deep cleaning that is needed to maintain clean classroom spaces, so that falls to classroom teachers. Teachers are requesting these supplies because they don’t have them ! You seriously think all the teachers out there that ask for these items are asking because they are being snotty about a particular brand of tissue ?! [/quote]

What a teacher on this thread said was she asks for wipes from parents because that’s easier than requesting paper towels in advance and using the provided cleaning spray. She prefers Clorox wipes and so asks the parents.[/quote]
She prefers the Clorox wipes because the school provided paper towels suck for actual cleaning. Imagine using something equivalent to those super thin free gas station napkins to clean your house. Subpar cleaning result and lots of wasted time and effort. That is why there is a preference for the Clorox wipes, because they quickly and effectively get the job done.[/quote]

Sure, but the PP ahead of you is saying that teachers aren’t requesting supplies because they don’t like what’s been given— which is exactly why you’re saying they’re requesting supplies.

I am sure you are right that Clorox wipes are nicer. The question is why it’s a parents job to buy a teacher nicer supplies. [/quote]

I am given the opportunity to send kids to the bathroom to come back with wet and dry brown paper towels that don’t absorb water, leave a drippy mess, and don’t kill germs, they just spread them out, and make the desks too wet to work on.  They also would run out fast if we used them for cleaning, and then I would be forced to wait a week before I moved the drippy germs around the desks.

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So if someone buys you a $1.25 spray bottle and a $1.25 bottle of bleach to dilute with the (free) water and wipe down with the (free) paper towels that you dislike because they’re recycled, is that fine? Or does it have to be the absolute most expensive and wasteful product available in order to properly kill the UMC germs you’re dealing with?[/quote]

What does class have to do with germs, other than the fact that keeping germs out of the classroom is a higher priority for people who don't have the option to work from home when they or their kids are sick?

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Properly diluted Clorox and water spray left on desks to dry overnight (so no one has to have the indignity of using Brown paper towels) will kill more germs and be less environmentally wasteful than using Clorox or Lysol wipes. It will also cost $4.00 for the year.

So I have no idea why teachers in this area can only kill germs with the expensive environmental disaster products, I assume the germs are picky. [/quote]

I’m a high school teacher with 6 minutes between classes. I usually teach over 150 students, many of whom come to school noticeably sick over the winter.

I usually clean every student desk between class periods when viruses are running rampant. It’s the least I can do to keep kids (and myself) healthy.

Occasionally I use a spray bottle and the cheap towels. That takes a lot longer than wipes, especially since what the school provides is not absorbent.

Since I’d also like the opportunity to check my email or run to the bathroom, I’ll admit that I default to wipes as they are the faster option.

Don’t worry. I tend to buy them myself, so you don’t need to contribute. [/quote]

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