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AtomicKitten

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6. Just awful. The school really screwed the pooch on this one.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed May 27, 2015, 06:10 PM

May 2015

I wish they had put up a gofundme website for the kids. I'd venture to guess most Americans would have chipped in to spare the kids this heartbreak. Shame on the school.

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Elementary School Hosts End-Of-Year Carnival, Excludes All The Poor Kids [View all] KamaAina May 2015 OP

What kind of a school administration would allow such ladjf May 2015 #1

It's a question. Igel May 2015 #12

The school made $3,000 profit on the event and purposely excluded those that could not afford... Raster May 2015 #2

Noting I do not advocate violence etherealtruth May 2015 #7

With proper planning they could have raised the money bluestateguy May 2015 #3

That's in Flushing, a fairly prosperous part of Queens... TreasonousBastard May 2015 #4

Someone posted about this earlier, I knew it sounded familiar! DawgHouse May 2015 #5

Just awful. The school really screwed the pooch on this one. AtomicKitten May 2015 #6

I'm sure I'll catch flack for this, but my disgust with most public education is boundless . . . Journeyman May 2015 #8

What administrative moron thought this would be a good idea??!! jonno99 May 2015 #9

This is legal in New York? Xithras May 2015 #10

Those kids should have had mops in there hands cleaning the bathrooms, emptying trash juxtaposed May 2015 #11

We do have a sarcasm emoji here. KamaAina May 2015 #13

do you really think it needs it? I thank you for showing me how to post the sarcasm gif juxtaposed May 2015 #15

You'd be surprised how many people here would think you were serious KamaAina May 2015 #16

thanks just pushing earn your way economics juxtaposed May 2015 #17

Teach them early Go Vols May 2015 #14