Hey, some of these kids come from real crappy situations through no fault of their own.
If a private company wants to donate some resources to fill a need that has these results, I think it’s outstanding.
Clean clothing?
Pretty sure it’s a base requirement for modern man.
Probably just above shelter?
There was a story a few years ago about how laundry detergent is a frequent shoplifting target.
“Increased attendance by 90%”?
I think the reporter is a public school product.
My daughter told me about this. I think it’s a good idea.
Whirlpool has identified Government Education money as the new Ed Dorado.
Cradle to grave. Just like killary wants. She said so not too long ago. Parents won’t be raising kids, gov will. That is what this does, makes kids dependent on school/gov.
I come here to read news, and all I see is spin. </s>
Siriusly (as the dog star said), whatever works is fine with me, as long as the students are actually there and actually learning both truthful and useful things.
If a private company wants to do this, let them. There’s nothing wrong with kids catching a break even if they don’t recognize it.
I’m thinking that some parents who would otherwise not care if their kids are in school decide to put their kid in charge of clean clothes for the family and started sending them to school. Regardless - it’s the most constructive solution I think I’ve read. The kids need life skills to get out of the home an learning to handle wash day is training they can use along with actual school attendance. Sad that it takes the lure of clean clothes though.
So, is this a new class? How to wash your cloths 101.
There is nothing in the article about actual learning and grades,just attendance.
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The schools were simply interested in GETTING PAID —if they skip school, they get nothing.
Who really thinks this will result in kids LEARNING MORE.
I’d wager these kids who attend but hate school end up distracting kids genuinely interested in learning.
Innovative, yes. But probably destructive.
I’d like to see their grades to determine if the program is successful. Anybody can show up to school...but are they learning, retaining what they learn, and passing?
They’ve done that in some schools in VA, according to mu daughter.
Cleanliness is next to Godliness...
When I was in 5th grade, there were a couple little girls who rode the same bus as my siblings and I did. They were in kindergarten, first grade. They would show up barely dressed, unwashed, unbrushed hair, always hungry, a lot of times with no lunch (school didn’t have a cafeteria, so you had to bring your lunch). We found out that the older girl was “in charge” of getting both of them ready for school, in time to make the bus, but didn’t really know what to do. She was barely six. We started sneaking a wet wash cloth, brush, ziplock baggie of cereal, etc. out every morning to help them get cleaned up and fed on the bus, then started asking our mom for an extra sandwich or an extra piece of fruit in our lunches to give them to eat. Anything we could to help them. Well, we thought we were being so careful, but it didn’t take more than a couple weeks for our parents to catch on that something was up and made us ‘fess up to what was going on. My dad rode the bus in with us to see for himself. He was horrified. Turned out their mom was passed out drunk about 90% of the time and didn’t even bother to get out of bed in the mornings to help the girls get ready for school, but there was hell to pay if they missed the bus. No food in the house most days for lunches. There was a baby in the house, and Mom wasn’t taking care of her, either. My dad reported the situation, the Air Force got involved, and shipped Mom back to the States almost immediately. I’m not sure what happened after that. I think they shipped the dad with the kids back to the States, too.
I realize we have a whole culture with their hands out and a sense of entitlement, and as a country, we enable that, which is unfortunate, because sometimes, there are people who are in a desperate place and need help.
Hey, at the very least they will learn how to work in a laundromat, worst case they have a leg up on the other inmates in the prison laundry room.
WIN-WIN
Crusty send her pantsuit to Wong An Sa Chineze laundry..she like them to clean her pillows too. Extra crusty.