resources which stay current and are free. Cost is a big issue to our
families many of which are on very limited incomes. We have started to
use the open source textbooks as well.
Jody, I too went to school in Maine (Oak Grove-Coburn 1976) where did
you attend?
Greg Kearney
On Oct 14, 2008, at 5:59 AM, Jody Jones wrote:
> I teach at an elementary school (Forsyth School, St. Louis -prek-6)
> and our
> 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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