Teachers' Hunger Vs. Energy Savings In California Classrooms

Los Angeles Times:

Beside her desk in the rear corner sit a refrigerator and microwave that give her easy access to Lean Cuisines, water and the four colas she often drinks to make it through the day.

Schara, like some of her colleagues at Roosevelt and other schools, depends on having easy access to food and snacks since she can't leave students unattended and the teachers lounge is at least a five-minute walk from her bungalow.

But as part of a new energy policy in the Glendale Unified School District, teachers must remove most personal appliances from their classrooms.

Read the whole story: Los Angeles Times

Comments

[LiberalBuzz]

Refrigerators in the classroom?

No, we don't need teachers showing students how easy it is to just get by on junk food and soft drinks.

[shpjohns]

You know, I see a lot of rather silly articles posted here about being "green" with very few of them actually getting to anything substantive. Sadly, yet another proves meaningless. What a meaningless, stupid way to "cut corners." Just absolutely freaking meaningless and pointless. Also, I was a teacher and to be honest, nothing I disliked more than when my colleagues fired up a fat burrito or microwave popcorn during the school day. Stunk up the whole hallway. How about a Clif bar or something? I mean, the teacher they showed in the picture could use to cut her food budget a bit, perhaps health care costs, if she freaking ate less. Oh, and to save the environment, how about not eating all that McDonald's?

[sweetchuckd]

I think this is a great idea. Cutting corners anywhere possible is better than cutting salaried positions. Hopefully teachers realize this instead of complaining.

http://detentionslip.org

[KillTheMessenger]

This is one of the most ridiculous stories of the day. One can not but wanting to grab a fly swatter and swat these teachers, the principals, the state and the parents for even getting to this point.

As if we didn't have bigger issues...

[amdezurik]

the teachers? is that you AHHHHH-NULD?

[SunroomDesk]

A district-wide request for Glendale teachers to voluntarily remove personally-owned appliances such as refrigerators, coffee makers, and microwaves from classrooms became an outright ban when almost no teachers responded. The LA Times article on the new policy didn’t mention this progression. It also didn't mention that certain classrooms (biology, home economics) and certain teachers (such as those with disabilities) were exempted.

School districts shouldn't be criticized at this time for cutting costs unrelated to teacher salaries or classroom instruction.

[KillTheMessenger]

When I went to school, I had a sandwich wrapped in wax paper (and later in a lunch bag). My teachers had a sandwich wrapped in wax paper and a thermos bottle.

The "modern" teacher seems to need a fridge and a microwave. Ahh... they just don't make them like in the old times.

:-)