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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my list of surprises, I also didn't include stuff about basic resources! It's become so normal for me, I forget that it would be shocking to others. Also shocking was the level of internal segregation.  The school serves a wealthy (mostly white) neighborhood and a poorer (mostly Hispanic) neighborhood. The student body is about 50-50%. But really there are two schools going on inside the one school.

I don't work in a DC metro area school. It's a midsize district in a city location (high school).

[b]Bathrooms never have hand soap. Toilet paper runs out midway through the year and then there is no toilet paper or hand soap. Rooms are overcrowded and never have enough desks or books.

We are allowed one box of kleenex and one whiteboard pen per week (not enough). Copies are limited and the copier is frequently broke[/b]

I'm not sure how they expect us to teach with no way to write on the board, no way photocopy a sheet, and no books - but they do.

The school is pretty much segregated with the wealthy white kids taking APs and honors classes- which are smaller since not everyone can get in, participating in extracurricular activities, and doing sports. The poorer kids of color are in large remedial or standard classes. They never seem to be able to get eligible for sports or onto any teams. They are often given the newer, less experienced teachers who can't control a classroom.

After requesting supplies from parents with little success, one honors geometry teacher gave her students extra credit for bringing in kleenex, paper towels, whiteboard markers, hand soap and hand sanitizer. She was flooded with supplies by the involved parents who wanted their kids to get the extra credit.

This describes every MCPS school I’ve subbed or taught in for 20 years. Even the WS.

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