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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is really sad that some teachers have spend so much of their own money on the classrooms. [/quote]

Well they shouldn't. MCPS reimburses them for all materials that support the curriculum. [/quote]

HAHAHAHAHAHA.[/quote]

Give me an example of where an MCPS teacher wasn't provided by their school/MCPS the materials/supplies they need for the curriculum. [/quote]
Just yesterday, I was in MS English where the class assignment called for using index cards. There were no index cards at school, so the teacher brought in a pack.[/quote]

And the proper steps are for the teacher to complete the needed paperwork to submit to the principal/school admin to get reimbursed for those index cards. [/quote]

Huh? This isn’t true. There is no money that you can request. You either purchase the materials with your own money or you do without. When I had my students start their math journals yesterday, I had them take from the supplies that their parents sent in or grab one from the pile of extras that I provide. Only 5 out of my 23 students brought a journal, the rest used the ones I purchased with my money. I got the cheap ones from Staples, but it was still my money. And I don’t have an option of getting reimbursed as my school does not have this discretionary fund you are speaking of, nor do we have a PTA. It is on me.

-MCPS teacher[/quote]

Next time, ask for extras, including class donations if any parents wants to do so.  Know your audience. Even if 80% of your classroom cannot afford the supplies, 20% may be able to.  My sister is a teacher and in her classroom newsletters to parents she writes , "If any parent would like to donate any extra supplies to our classroom please contact me - xyz@schoolname,com.   Any size donation is welcome".  Inevitably there are one or two parents who will generously supply her with classroom supplies for the whole year.

She also believes in reuse and reduce, so she is happy to take partially used up journals from previous years too.  [/quote]

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