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DCG posted: " HuffPo: In some cash-strapped Chicago schools, no resource
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HuffPo<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/20/chicago-toilet-paper-drive_n_3964456.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago>:
In some cash-strapped Chicago schools, no resource can be taken for granted
-- not even toilet paper.
Nicholas Sposato, alderman of Chicago's 36th ward, *recently held a toilet
paper drive for the schools in his community*. Amid recent Chicago Public
School budget cuts, *paying for basic resources has become a burden on some
schools*, *especially since these resources come out of the same budget as
teachers’ salaries*.
“I’m trying to help out the schools financially, every little bit helps.
They might be able to save a teacher's position if they have everything
they need,” Sposato told The Huffington Post over the phone.
Sposato started by asking for donations from local convenience stories like
CVS and Walgreens. Then he reached out to the community. *By Friday
afternoon he had collected approximately 6,000 rolls of toilet paper.*
“Its unbelievable. I never expected this much,” said Sposato.
*Nearly 50 of Chicago's public schools closed recently due to
underutilization.* However, according to Sposato, his schools have the
exact opposite problem: They are overcrowded. That is what made the recent
round of budget cuts especially devastating for his community.
“We need help over here. [The Chicago public school system has] to do a
better job in the area,” said Sposato. “We got areas that schools are 200
percent overpopulated.”
Back in June other *Chicago residents held toilet paper drives for their
schools, as well*.
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“In many schools, including mine, *there are no funds left for janitorial
supplies –- and this includes toilet paper*," Chicago teacher Michelle
Gunderson told the Daily Kos before a toilet paper drive. “What might seem
juvenile to some is in fact a perfect metaphor for the disregard of human
dignity -- *the Chicago Public Schools care so little about children that
their basic needs are being neglected*.”
DCG
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