Anonymous
03/10/2026 16:13
Subject: $7k for logo polo shirts
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Less than $10 a shirt for staff uniforms and you’re crying over this?
Get a grip OP.
It's a waste of money in a school system where teachers are paying a lot for their own supplies.
Do you think central office employees aren't buying their own supplies? Think again. Schools get much larger supply budgets than offices. And offices are the first to be put on spending restrictions.
Clearly people complaining about T-shirt giveaways have no experience or familiarity with leadership, organizational development, employee incentives. School based staff get a few PTA breakfasts, catered lunches and a teacher appreciation gift. Central office staff get a shirt.
If you look at their videos on social media, they are getting lunches, cakes, and all sorts of things. Yes, they get supplies. Our PTA pays for food or gets it donated.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 16:12
Subject: $7k for logo polo shirts
Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's wasteful.
As a federal employee though, this wouldn't be allowed. We have to buy our own logo polos if we want them. Which some staff do because they go to public listening meetings and it helps them be recognized.
Classrooms cannot get soap and paper towels and cleaning supplies let alone tissues and paper. You think this is the best use of money right now when they are shutting down programs saying they have no money and not making necessary repairs to schools?
Anonymous
03/10/2026 15:23
Subject: $7k for logo polo shirts
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Less than $10 a shirt for staff uniforms and you’re crying over this?
Get a grip OP.
It's a waste of money in a school system where teachers are paying a lot for their own supplies.
Do you think central office employees aren't buying their own supplies? Think again. Schools get much larger supply budgets than offices. And offices are the first to be put on spending restrictions.
Clearly people complaining about T-shirt giveaways have no experience or familiarity with leadership, organizational development, employee incentives. School based staff get a few PTA breakfasts, catered lunches and a teacher appreciation gift. Central office staff get a shirt.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 15:13
Subject: $7k for logo polo shirts
Anonymous wrote:Less than $10 a shirt for staff uniforms and you’re crying over this?
Get a grip OP.
It's a waste of money in a school system where teachers are paying a lot for their own supplies.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 15:12
Subject: $7k for logo polo shirts
Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's wasteful.
As a federal employee though, this wouldn't be allowed. We have to buy our own logo polos if we want them. Which some staff do because they go to public listening meetings and it helps them be recognized.
That's a good federal policy. We need to have this as an MCPS policy too.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 15:11
Subject: $7k for logo polo shirts
Anonymous wrote:I have no opinion on whether this is a good purchase or not, but there are about 157,000 students in MCPS, so that purchase is equivalent to about 5 cents per student. It might wasteful and sent the wrong signal, but it's not going to make a substantive difference to the overall budget.
When you are a teacher, you know how much $7,000 can buy for classrooms. We are constantly spending our own money on pencils, copy paper, books, other materials. And we make far, far less than Taylor, who is clocking in at $360K per year.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 15:08
Subject: $7k for logo polo shirts
Zero based budgeting would likely find $100M+ in waste for a $4B budget. That’s school remediation money.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 14:16
Subject: $7k for logo polo shirts
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Less than $10 a shirt for staff uniforms and you’re crying over this?
Get a grip OP.
They can pay for it themselves if they want it.
Yup, we have to pay for polo shirts for band and NJHS, staff can pay for their own polos too.
This comment at least has some equity and prioritization logic to it.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 12:47
Subject: $7k for logo polo shirts
I don't think it's wasteful.
As a federal employee though, this wouldn't be allowed. We have to buy our own logo polos if we want them. Which some staff do because they go to public listening meetings and it helps them be recognized.
As a federal employee though, this wouldn't be allowed. We have to buy our own logo polos if we want them. Which some staff do because they go to public listening meetings and it helps them be recognized.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 12:46
Subject: $7k for logo polo shirts
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Less than $10 a shirt for staff uniforms and you’re crying over this?
Get a grip OP.
They can pay for it themselves if they want it.
Yup, we have to pay for polo shirts for band and NJHS, staff can pay for their own polos too.
Many teachers and school staff do pay for their own.