school owns and lends the books. However, my older children attended a
jrk-12 (Mary Institute Country Day School) school and students in the upper
grades all purchased their text books through the book store. Used books
were resold through student council as a fundraiser. Trend or not, I
attended an independent (7-12) school in Maine during the '70s and we
purchased our own textbooks through the bookstore.
As a side note - I imagine those of you with college-age children have
experienced sticker shock regarding textbook purchases. My kids' bills (per
semester) have been well over $500 and have pushed $1000.
Best wishes - Jody Jones
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:52 AM, Peter Gow <pgow@bcdschool.org> wrote:
> Since I've been at this school (29 years) our students have always
> purchased all their texts. We're 6-12, which means that the bloody
> textbook companies update and upgrade the textbooks in a number of
> disciplines almost constantly in the name of offering the most up-to-date
> learning, so the life of many textbooks at the high school level,
> especially, is (perhaps artificially) short.
>
> On the other hand, my spouse is in a K-8, and I think the school owns and
> lends most if not all books there. This may be an issue of grade levels,
> where "classroom sets" of texts make sense for younger students and
> personal ownership becomes the norm for older ones.
>
> So I'm not sure there's a trend, other than the absurd rate of inflation
> in the cost of the books we buy for our two kids in grades 9 and 11 at our
> school. Dunno why a Spanish book has to cost $160.
>
> Hope this is helpful--Peter Gow
>
> Peter Gow, Director of College Counseling and Special Programs
> Beaver Country Day School
> 791 Hammond Street
> Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
> www.bcdschool.org
> Tel. 617-738-2755
> FAX 617-738-2701
> Skype: petergow3
>
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