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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the only way to fix this issue is for [b]ALL teachers at a school to make a pact, and only use what the school supplies. [/b]

As a former private school teacher, also with a small school provided budget, and a smaller salary, there was a lot of “un-upmanship” within teachers. There were older, married teachers, who worked “to get out of the house”. They had a lot of extra cash, and had the best looking classrooms. Meanwhile, the new teachers, who were struggling to pay off their student debt, and had three other roommates to make ends meet, felt the pressure from admin, fellow teachers, and parents to spend more of their own money.

If the whole school went “bare bones”, parents would loose their minds!  Teachers could just refer them to admin, or even higher ups. But there are always a few teachers who will sacrifice themselves “for the kids”, and they make the others look bad. [/quote]

There’s nothing parents can do to avoid the one-upsmanship (other, apparently, than fueling it by fulfilling these wishlists…) but I think this is the right idea with basic supplies— if a kids classroom was truly dirty there would be a serious outcry from parents. [/quote]

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