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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Jul 20, 2016 15:46:54 GMT
I was looking back at this thread from last year as I make my budget for next month (it was very convenient that I listed all of her fees...made budgeting this year easy), and I noticed that some parents mentioned book fees. Do your kids actually get assigned text books? Alison is going in 8th grade and has only had classroom copies of text books. There were a few workbooks in the younger grades. The teachers put up their notes on their web sites, for the most part. If she is reading a novel, she usually has to buy a copy. Frankly, I don't know what she would do if they assigned text books like they did when we are in school. Her backpack is practically bursting at the seams as it is, and they don't have lockers, so they have to carry everything around each day. |
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Post by peano on Jul 20, 2016 15:51:38 GMT
DS had 4 HS textbooks last year that he was assigned. He kept 3 of them at home and one in his locker. They are also given the books they read in English.
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Post by River on Jul 20, 2016 15:54:50 GMT
Our small town middle and high school went to all IPads a few years ago. We pay a small fee for those, but I love it. My older boys only carry that and one notebook and pencil.
Our Elementary school has classroom books and an extra set the kids take home and leave there until the end of the school. No fees.
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Post by kels99 on Jul 20, 2016 15:56:50 GMT
No lockers here, so they get a copy to keep at home and there are classroom sets to use at school. But, no fees for any books.
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Post by Basket1lady on Jul 20, 2016 15:58:39 GMT
Our school system assigns text books that the kids keep at home. Then there is a classroom set that stays in the classroom and they use those in class if needed. Both take/took AP classes and there were usually supplemental books that we bought for those classes.
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Post by gracieplusthree on Jul 20, 2016 15:59:37 GMT
Her backpack is practically bursting at the seams as it is, and they don't have lockers, so they have to carry everything around each day. IF she only has classroom copies of the books then what is in her backpack??.. and yes here the kids generally have textbooks, though some teachers have wised up to doing the classroom copy thing and then the kid can keep a copy of the textbook at home and not have to carry it back and forth they just return them at the end of the year. As for putting stuff online its unfair to assume that everyone has internet. and lockers here are never convenient to their schedule and where they are in the building, so my kids have never benefited from lockers either and have always carried it all and yes that sucks. |
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 20, 2016 16:05:33 GMT
The HS I teach in, the kids are assigned books.
Ds's high school it depends on the class.
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Jul 20, 2016 16:13:20 GMT
Her backpack is practically bursting at the seams as it is, and they don't have lockers, so they have to carry everything around each day. IF she only has classroom copies of the books then what is in her backpack??.. and yes here the kids generally have textbooks, though some teachers have wised up to doing the classroom copy thing and then the kid can keep a copy of the textbook at home and not have to carry it back and forth they just return them at the end of the year. As for putting stuff online its unfair to assume that everyone has internet. and lockers here are never convenient to their schedule and where they are in the building, so my kids have never benefited from lockers either and have always carried it all and yes that sucks. The 2" binders each class requires, presumably for the notes they take since they don't have text books. She has 8 classes, and while they don't all meet every day, she often goes before school to "zero block" for a class that isn't meeting that day. We went with smaller notebooks than requested last year, but most teachers have their own "setup" for the notebooks and don't allow sharing with another class. If it were up to me, she would have one or two binders shared between classes. Hopefully, she'll be past the stage where the teachers want everything their way soon - my preference in school was a 5 Star (college ruled) notebook for each class. Her grade is being assigned laptops this year, and I kind of chuckled at the FAQ that mentioned they would have less text books. There is a $50 insurance fee; not sure what families who can't pay do about that. There must be an assistance program. Our school offers kids the opportunity to come in before school to use the Internet, and there are some subsidized internet options for low income families in our town that are listed on the school's web site. Save |
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 20, 2016 16:29:59 GMT
Oh, neither school charges a fee to have the books, only if you lose them
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Post by gracieplusthree on Jul 20, 2016 16:32:12 GMT
Our school offers kids the opportunity to come in before school to use the Internet, and there are some subsidized internet options for low income families in our town that are listed on the school's web site. Saveyeah stuff like that "come in early" doesn't work for the kids who have to ride the bus and have no control over what time they get there and internet doesn't always work at everyones house--but I live in a rural area where lots cant get internet beyond dial up--i only have this one option, uverse, and technically according to AT&T its not supposed to work at my house, just a fluke that it does-- so maybe if its city wide and all kids live in the city it would be different. but yeah I know. its the way the times you, you almost have to have internet, i just hate that so many schools/teachers assume that all have it. |
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Post by littlemama on Jul 20, 2016 17:57:51 GMT
DS is starting college this year, but yes, he always had textbooks. Sometimes he could leave the text at home and they used a classroom set in class. Other times there was not a need to bring a textbook home, so there was only the classroom set. Our book fee was $40, paid at the beginning of 6th grade and refunded with the diploma at graduation.
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Post by meridon on Jul 20, 2016 20:12:54 GMT
Kids here have a Chromebook beginning in 3rd grade. There's an insurance fee of $25 per year for that. Oldest DD (4th grade) and DS (2nd grade) were assigned a math textbook last year that they kept at home and returned at the end of the year. No fee for that unless it was lost or damaged.
For the high school classes I teach, I have a classroom set of books that we rarely use and I have a blog and a Canvas class that I use to make notes and handouts available for students. If I have enough books to keep a class set and assign them, I will assign a copy for students who want one to keep at home. Most students don't want one, but sometimes a student's IEP will specify that s/he gets one for home. Lockers here are optional after 9th grade. Some students use them and some don't--if they have a band locker or a locker in the gym for athletics, many students will use that instead. For my AP classes, there's a workbook I recommend, but I can't require them to purchase it.
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Post by hop2 on Jul 20, 2016 21:00:39 GMT
Yes but we keep it home until it gets turned in. So they carry it home in the fall and back in at the end of the year.
We have no textbook fees as long at its not lost or ruined.
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Post by kate on Jul 20, 2016 22:44:28 GMT
My kids have some textbooks on their iPad/MacBook Air/Chromebook and some old-school print textbooks.
The book (and technology) fees are rolled into tuition.
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Post by seaexplore on Jul 20, 2016 22:55:32 GMT
At my school, students are issued a copy of their textbook. They must bring it to class daily. I teach science and math. When science books get damaged, we document the damaged book, write across the cover "damaged" and keep it in the classroom as a borrow book if a text is left at home. I frequently had repeat offenders, so I just put them all in a closet except for 1. They could borrow it once a week. Math textbooks are consumable. They are needed for class daily. They are also needed at home for homework completion. I suggested to kids to tear out the whole chapter we are working on and put it in their binder. They way the book can stay in class and not be hauled back and forth.
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