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  • Springfield Public Day Middle School
  • Springfield, MA
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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A washing machine for our school will help students to wear their uniform and feel good about their smell while they learn. Many of our students live in group homes, foster homes, or in apartments with their families that have limited resources. Many students live in neighborhoods where it is not always safe to use the laundromat. They care a great deal about how they smell and how they look (they are teenagers), and are reluctant to wear uniform clothing if it is not clean. Having a washing machine at our school would allow us to support the learning of our students by taking an easy step. Having clean, fresh laundered clothing available would save our students a great deal of suffering. Having a washing machine at school will not only increase student morale, but it will increase student responsibility. Students could earn additional responsibility points by assisting with the laundry, and those who did not already know how to do laundry could learn. Students who otherwise did not have clean clothing will not have to fear ridicule of their peers, and they will have the added benefit of feeling loved and cared for by their school. A washing machine would bring our Special Education School a world of benefit. Students who generally are overlooked by society will now feel important.

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A washing machine for our school will help students to wear their uniform and feel good about their smell while they learn. Many of our students live in group homes, foster homes, or in apartments with their families that have limited resources. Many students live in neighborhoods where it is not always safe to use the laundromat. They care a great deal about how they smell and how they look (they are teenagers), and are reluctant to wear uniform clothing if it is not clean. Having a washing machine at our school would allow us to support the learning of our students by taking an easy step. Having clean, fresh laundered clothing available would save our students a great deal of suffering. Having a washing machine at school will not only increase student morale, but it will increase student responsibility. Students could earn additional responsibility points by assisting with the laundry, and those who did not already know how to do laundry could learn. Students who otherwise did not have clean clothing will not have to fear ridicule of their peers, and they will have the added benefit of feeling loved and cared for by their school. A washing machine would bring our Special Education School a world of benefit. Students who generally are overlooked by society will now feel important.

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