I also found it weird when living there that the schools will give the kids soooooo much free stuff, including healthcare but the daycares, even private ones were thru the damn roof.
I had forgotten about the free stuff! I just remember teachers asking me to buy stuff for the classroom. The teachers always told me that they were sorry for asking but there are only 2-3 reliable parents. So the schools were given highly visible stuff but the classrooms went without basics. I also remember the schools fundraising to hire teachers - something the state was supposed to provide but didn't. If I remember correctly, it was PE teachers and computer science teachers. Very strange for a public school system!
Wow that is strange AF!! I remember being surprised by the fact that they didnt require school supplies.....AT ALL!! there was no list, etc. I was like huh? At the time it was a nice convenience to not worry about buying the usual "list". Yea.....discovered why taxes are so high there i guess. So there was def good and bad!!!! And strangely enough, that was my favorite school my now 9 yr old went to out of her previous 2 schools. (We moved around a lot the past 5 yrs). I was seriously shocked. Luckily, her school in the lil town of chico was actually awesome education wise. Who knew
The teachers would ask for things like disinfecting wipes, kleenex, dry erase markers of different colors, etc. But yeah, fund raising for "extras" like PE teachers was weird. And I remember there were "Budget Cut Days" on the school calendar so that meant "Oops! We ran out of money so there's no school this day!!" This was in the Bay Area so maybe geography made a difference? You know, deep blue whack jobs running things?
I also found it weird when living there that the schools will give the kids soooooo much free stuff, including healthcare but the daycares, even private ones were thru the damn roof.
I had forgotten about the free stuff! I just remember teachers asking me to buy stuff for the classroom. The teachers always told me that they were sorry for asking but there are only 2-3 reliable parents. So the schools were given highly visible stuff but the classrooms went without basics. I also remember the schools fundraising to hire teachers - something the state was supposed to provide but didn't. If I remember correctly, it was PE teachers and computer science teachers. Very strange for a public school system!
Wow that is strange AF!! I remember being surprised by the fact that they didnt require school supplies.....AT ALL!! there was no list, etc. I was like huh? At the time it was a nice convenience to not worry about buying the usual "list". Yea.....discovered why taxes are so high there i guess. So there was def good and bad!!!! And strangely enough, that was my favorite school my now 9 yr old went to out of her previous 2 schools. (We moved around a lot the past 5 yrs). I was seriously shocked. Luckily, her school in the lil town of chico was actually awesome education wise. Who knew
The teachers would ask for things like disinfecting wipes, kleenex, dry erase markers of different colors, etc. But yeah, fund raising for "extras" like PE teachers was weird. And I remember there were "Budget Cut Days" on the school calendar so that meant "Oops! We ran out of money so there's no school this day!!" This was in the Bay Area so maybe geography made a difference? You know, deep blue whack jobs running things?
Just wow.....cant believe that was actually on the calendar. What a shit show it all is now.....and always was.