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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
maybe the schools are afraid of law suits but this is freaking ridiculous.
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Speaking as an ex-WCPSS teacher/dept chair, that is *exactly* the motivation. The party line at all the district-to-dept-chair meetings I went to was that while we could easily win frivolous lawsuits, we needed to try to avoid having them brought because even though we might eventually recoup the legal fees, having to pay them initially would mean taking school supplies out of the hands of students. $1000 in two years, repaid, does nothing to help with these students needing construction paper in this moment, and Lawyers don't work on spec.
(I since moved on to CHCCS and they are way less afraid of legal action.)