As Budgets are Cut, Parents Buy Janitorial Supplies for Schools

Monday, September 06, 2010

Parents these days not only must send their children to school with supplies for education, but also sanitation. With school budgets tighter than ever, districts are asking parents to provide such things as cotton balls, facial tissues, toilet paper, paper towels, Clorox wipes, baby wipes, hand sanitizers, garbage bags and liquid soap. “The first time I saw it, my mouth hit the floor,” Kristin Cooper of Moody, Alabama, told The New York Times about the list of supplies her child brought home from school.

 
Still, for most parents, buying supplies is better than alternatives for budget cuts. Eileen Bellemore, the mother of 8-year-old triplets, told the Attleboro, Massachusetts Sun Chronicle, “I'd rather have parents supplying the supplies than lose teaching positions.”
-Noel Brinkerhoff, David Wallechinsky
 
Scissors, Glue, Pencils? Check. Cleaning Spray? (by Stephanie Clifford, New York Times)
Teachers, Parents Pay Big Bucks for School Supplies (by Matt Kakley, Attleboro Sun Chronicle)

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