Lessons from Reporters - by David Cohn on Thursday, May 1, 2008 9:26 - View Comments

Does Your School Have Supplies? Tap A Network of Parents to Find Out

Kent Fischer taps his network to find out if the local school district has the supplies it needs.  

A blog post like this might not be suitable for print, but a few of these combined and a beat reporter might have a great feature story.

We’re hearing there seems to be a wee bit of a toilet paper shortage around the district. It’s not unusual, as the school year winds down, for schools to run low on supplies. Copy paper, for instance, is at a premium every spring. This year, TP and paper towels are on many most wanted lists.

We asked our beatbogging volunteers to check out the situation at their schools. Click the jump to read their dispatches.

North Dallas High: Toilet paper ok, but today we don’t have copier paper.

Townview: It has been reported to me that two weeks ago in one women’s restroom in Townview, that no toilet paper was to found.  It was a big restroom, with about 12 stalls. I have also been informed that some stalls are always short of toilet paper.

A South east Dallas elementary:
We ration toilet paper. Some teachers have brought their own in. What we are woefully low on is paper towels. It’s really, really tragic. Our lead custodian tells me that he’s been told he doesn’t have any more money in his budget.

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