Although I doubt the monopoly issue would demand us to stop using scholastic, I
agree with the parent.
I also agree it is a pure waste of instructional time and would prefer it be
treated as an elective afterschool event.
The only reason we are forced to use book fairs or any fundraising mechanism is
because we as parents, teachers and a community refuse to fund schools properly. A
wide range of corporations (scholastic included) benefit enormously from this fact.
I am disgusted with our children being used for corporate gain. I am required to
hold scholastic fairs but I am continually disgusted with the junk they sell and
the profit they make off of my lower middle income students.
From: "Ron Wagner"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:30 PM
Subject: RANT:Anti-Scholastic movement in my district
> In our 2500+ student district, one parent complained that Scholastic has a
> "monopoly" on book orders and wanted the distribution of book club
> materials stopped. Our district lawyer agreed, and took it one step
> further: We can no longer have book fairs that are open during
> "instructional time" because we do not want to allow a company to sell
> things to kids while they should be learning. We'd have to have it open
> only during recesses or after school. With our 675+ kids, that would not
> work, so we stand to lose hundreds of dollars of book money for
> classrooms.
>
> Has anyone else even heard of this?
>
>
>
>
>
> Ron Wagner
> Teacher-Librarian
> Felida Elementary School
> Vancouver, WA
> ron.wagner@vansd.org
>
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