Comments on: Closing the “backpack gap” http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2006/10/13/closing-the-backpack-gap/ Keeping an eye on education Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:21:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 By: Anne http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2006/10/13/closing-the-backpack-gap/#comment-375 Anne Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:09:49 +0000 http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2006/10/13/closing-the-backpack-gap/#comment-375 Handouts are okay, but schools should embrace recycled paper. There's no doubt as to the fact that emails save trees! Handouts are okay, but schools should embrace recycled paper. There’s no doubt as to the fact that emails save trees!

]]> By: Fee http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2006/10/13/closing-the-backpack-gap/#comment-369 Fee Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:33:57 +0000 http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2006/10/13/closing-the-backpack-gap/#comment-369 Tom, that depends on your definition of disgusting! I make it a point not to actually look IN the backpack of a teenager! There are some things I just don't want to know!! No actually it gets better not worse. Tom, that depends on your definition of disgusting! I make it a point not to actually look IN the backpack of a teenager! There are some things I just don’t want to know!! No actually it gets better not worse.

]]> By: Tom http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2006/10/13/closing-the-backpack-gap/#comment-364 Tom Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:39:47 +0000 http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2006/10/13/closing-the-backpack-gap/#comment-364 E-mail doesn't have to replace the letters home in the backpacks -- a school can do both without much trouble. A bigger question is: do the backpacks get even more disgusting when the middle schoolers become high schoolers? E-mail doesn’t have to replace the letters home in the backpacks—a school can do both without much trouble.

A bigger question is: do the backpacks get even more disgusting when the middle schoolers become high schoolers?

]]> By: Fee http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2006/10/13/closing-the-backpack-gap/#comment-181 Fee Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:29:08 +0000 http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2006/10/13/closing-the-backpack-gap/#comment-181 I too remember the backpack days. . . UGH! But I worry about the families in our communities that are not "online" or especialy may not have voicemail. How can we be resposible to all our students and parents and make sure everyone has equal access to information? I too remember the backpack days. . . UGH! But I worry about the families in our communities that are not “online” or especialy may not have voicemail. How can we be resposible to all our students and parents and make sure everyone has equal access to information?

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