Teachers are finding ways to solve their classroom needs from outside sources. Meanwhile, a bunch of balloons to unveil a new high school cost the city $800. What is happening!?

Recently RTD reported that the city of Richmond spent $60,000 to unveil the new Huguenot High, including $800 on balloons. The money was used to hire an outside consulting firm ( a fact that also seems somewhat shady as well) despite the existence of the city’s and RPS’s combined communications staff of 10 people with a budget nearing $1 million.

Nobody has ever won the argument that throwing more money at the problem will solve all the educational woes of Richmond, but there are needs that aren’t being met.

Many Richmond teachers have turned to the nationwide site DonorsChoose.Org. The site allows teachers to post a request for funding for a specific item or items and DonorsChoose.Org collects the money from donors and then ships the desired item.

Below is a partial list of the 49 classroom requests when you search “Richmond, VA“. The bolded titles you see below are also links, if you feel inspired to donate. The 16 classroom requests below have a total cost of $7,743 (or a little less than 10 sets of unveiling balloons).

Tonight, Tuesday, April 28th, the Richmond public school system will hold the ”State of the Schools” address.

It’s scheduled for 6:00 PM in the Claude G. Perkins Living and Learning Center on Virginia Union University’s campus.

The event is open to the public.

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