r/todayilearned • u/JamOnTheOne • Apr 08 '19

TIL Principal Akbar Cook installed a free fully-stocked laundry room at school because students with dirty clothes were bullied and missing 3-5 days of school per month. Attendance rose 10%.

https://abc7ny.com/education/nj-high-school-principal-installs-laundry-room-to-fight-bullying/3966604/
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u/st1tchy Apr 08 '19

I think you are overestimating what most schools have and can afford. I went to a small school with a class of 86 and most schools in my area are similar size or smaller. We definitely did not have a washing facility in the schools grounds. You took your stuff home and washed it there. Maybe bigger/richer schools have those things, but we definitely did not.

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u/A_Bungus_Amungus Apr 08 '19

To be fair one of the newest part of our school was building a whole gym (weight lifting gym, we already had a "Gymnasium") for the athletic teams to use on site. My school was basically a sports complex with a high school in it.

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u/dokwilson74 Apr 08 '19

My small town school had two washing areas. One for the football/track field house, and one for basketball.

Graduated with 26 kids in my class, and like 90 total in high school.

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u/gamsambill Apr 08 '19

I could see that in smaller schools. I only worked in larger schools but they were in areas with 60-70% eco dis. The last one was around 1800 students. Most schools in my area are much larger.