Teachers Use New Avenues to Obtain Classroom Funds

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ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WOLO)– Parents know how much it can cost to send a child back to school but they might not know how much the start of a new school year can cost a teacher. With limited funds allocated for supplies teachers are using technology to help raise money for classroom essentials. “Nothing can really prepare you for the emotional roller coaster that it is. It’s a great roller coaster but it is an up and down one,” says Orangeburg Wilkinson Teacher Chloe Suberville. The second year teacher has fond memories of her first year on the job but says it didn’t come with out it’s struggles. According to Suberville,”As a first year teacher you’re kind of thinking about all the things you want to get for your kids and this vision of your classroom that you want to become a reality but it’s extremely difficult to get to that point without any funding.” Knowing the $250 stipend provided by the school wasn’t going to cut it, Suberville took to the web to raise the missing money for the materials. “I had heard of go fund me as a way that teachers used to fund whatever they needed for the classrooms, supplies, dictionaries basic things like pencils and stuff,” Suberville tells ABC Columbia News. She is one of many teachers across the nation turning to crowd funding sites to reduce their out of pocket expenses. She says,”People understand the need and people understand the importance of kids having dictionaries, the importance of kids having supplies like pencils, markers you know construction paper, whatever it is, those are things that are extremely important and a classroom can’t really function without these things.” Suberville’s friends and family on social media did understand, helping her far exceeded her $800 goal and allowing her to create an ideal learning environment for her students. She explains,”There are very few feelings I could compare to when a kid walks into my classroom and they’re like ‘Oh wow’ and they’re excited to be here. That’s the first step in making your kids feel welcome and making them feel at home in your class room.” Suberville says the page worked so well that she created another on to send her kids to Spain, to donate visit: http://www.gofundme.com/posu28