Kent School District officials are looking into a money-management curriculum at a Covington elementary school that requires students to “rent” their desks and “buy” bathroom passes using classroom currency.

A mother of a sixth-grader at Cedar Valley Elementary says she found out that her daughter had to go long stretches without using the bathroom when she ran out of pretend money.

“I was infuriated, because it goes against her civil rights to have access to a public restroom,” said the mother, who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation.

Kent School District Spokesperson Melissa Laramie confirmed she has heard of two teachers using the curriculum, which is akin to the "My Classroom Economy" model popularized by the financial services company Vanguard.

The curriculum website advertises it as "fun, experiential learning," and "a simple classroom economic system based on the idea that students need to earn school "dollars" so that they can rent their own desks. By bringing real-world scenarios into the classroom, students see the impact of their decisions to save, spend, and budget."

The company offers free curriculum packages that require students as young as kindergarten to earn "salaries" to "rent" their desks. Pay can be completely garnished for breaking classroom rules.