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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a PTA officer at a wealthier school in Bethesda and I agree with the OP. Our PTA donates $300 to teachers every single year for classroom supplies while at the same time, parents supply them constantly throughout the year with way more than they will ever actually need. Parents do this without asking-they just send their kids with supplies. On top of that, most room moms end up collecting 400-500 for teachers in for Christmas in the form of Amazon gift cards. Teacher appreciation Amazon cards are usually 150-250 per teacher. This isn't about "jealousy" as some ignorant posters here are saying. It truly is about inequity. Title One/focus school teachers are paying for everything out of pocket for their classrooms. They aren't given gifts during the holidays that could potentially fund their classrooms. They don't have an overabundance of supplies. Teachers working in the same district should have opportunities for the same supplies. And before self-righteous posters jump in, I'm not suggesting you stop providing your teachers with gifts and supplies. I'm saying MCPS needs to provide all teachers with stipends for classroom supplies at the beginning of the year and not allow PTAs to provide additional funds. It simply is not fair. The giving of gifts and supplies is something entirely, but i added it to prove a point that teachers in wealthier schools do NOT ever need to dig into their own pockets for supplies. [/quote]

So you want to punish the teachers at these wealthy schools and, by extension, their students because not every teacher in MCPS shares the same experience? How does that make sense? Isn’t it a net negative to take away the benefits that these teachers receive? Is equity really about resorting to the lowest common denominator?[/quote]

Can you even...read? Instead of it being the PTA providing teachers the $300, MCPS does. How is that punishing teachers OR students? Hint: it's not. In addition, those wealthier school teachers will still receive more just bc again, parents will provide those extra supplies. You're not very bright.

Resorting to the lowest common denominator? Do you even hear yourself? ALSO, that is just more money for schools like mine in their PTA fund. Again...you're not very good at critical thinking. "BUT WON'T SOMEONE STOP AND THINK OF THE WEALTHY!" So gross. So ignorant. [/quote]

You’re not helping your cause with the hysterics. It seems like reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit so let me try to boil it down for you. 
The poster I was responding to talked about how much their teachers receive from parents and the PTA, from $300 supplies allowances to Christmas gift cards. They said teachers never need to come out of pocket at these rich schools. They said it’s not fair. They said that because it’s not fair, the extras that are provided to these teachers need to stop. I asked why this practice should stop solely because it is inequitable. Is it that hard to understand? Why shouldn’t kids in Bethesda schools receive extra resources because their parents can pay for them? Seriously, tell me why. Is it because it’s unfair? Because not all kids can get matched resources? Then that’s literally using the lowest common denominator. We don’t do that in other parts of MCPS. There are plenty of Bethesda kids who qualify for the CES magnet school who can’t go because they don’t win the lottery. That’s not fair. We should cancel CES and the magnets too. They’re inequitable![/quote]

Again, you truly cannot read. I'm the PP-I never said the additional gifts need to stop. I said the beginning of the year payment to teachers from ALL PTAs need to stop. Kids in Bethesda will still receive those extra resources their parents can afford because they will continue to bring them in. Just like I said in my post. I am saying it is unfair to provide the teachers with funds plus everything else we provide them with when teachers all over the county don't receive anything. I've spoken with so many parents at various schools in our area (Bethesda/Potomoc) and they agree. It will more than likely be a thing of the past soon anyway. No one is worried about our kids having resources-we know they will have resources. Not only do you sound uninformed and pathetic, you sound like a terrible individual that is incapable of critical thought.[/quote]

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