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"Jimmy's Failing Math," Brought To You By Bill & Bob's Roast Beef
I guess this will at least provide more of an incentive to get kids reading: "[A]ds for local ice cream shops or hair salons could soon be appearing on permission slips, class calendars, and school notices sent home with Peabody elementary school students after a unanimous School Committee vote this week. The novel plan to sell ad space on school communications marks the latest twist in how commercialization of schools – from the sale of billboard space to ads on buses – is generating cash in lean times."
I can't believe Sylvan Learning Centers and their ilk have not been buying ads on report cards. They can tie it into the grades: "C" stands for CALL SYLVAN, "D" stands for DON'T DELAY- YOUR KIDS ARE GETTING STUPIDER, and "F" stands for YOUR KIDS WILL BE F-ING REJECTED BY ANY DECENT COLLEGE WITHOUT SYLVAN.
This Suspension Notice brought to you by Dave & Busters Arcade.
Well, there's already so much exposure, I can't think it matters. I mean, when I pick up my kids there's a Mr. Softee truck right outside the gate where hundreds of kids come out, and all you hear is "can I have an ice cream." I would love to charge them for use of that spot and give the money to the school.
Doesn't matter.
Kids never look at permission slips and that kind of crap anyway. At least I didn't.