{"id":1462,"date":"2011-09-15T11:06:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T15:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=1462"},"modified":"2011-09-18T21:10:52","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T01:10:52","slug":"buying-supplies-equals-better-grades-in-cash-strapped-florida-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2011\/09\/15\/buying-supplies-equals-better-grades-in-cash-strapped-florida-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying Supplies Equals Better Grades At Cash-Strapped Florida School"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sarah Gonzalez \/ StateImpact Florida<\/p>

A marine science class at South Broward High. Kevius Morgan, center, and Taylor Drake, right.<\/p><\/div>\n

With budgets for classroom supplies shrinking, some teachers in a South Florida school are promising students an irresistible incentive if they help stock the classroom: better grades.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe teacher was like, \u2018Okay, I\u2019m running out of paper towels and I don\u2019t know how you\u2019re going to dry your hands after you clean them,” said South Broward High School senior Kevius Morgan.<\/p>\n

“So if you bring in paper towels you get a letter grade up.”<\/p>\n

Morgan ultimately got an A in art class for bringing them in.<\/p>\n

At the same school, an Algebra II student said her teacher gave the class a list of supplies like rulers, markers and scrap paper to bring in. “She was like, ‘a letter grade up if you bring in whatever is on that list,” senior Taylor Drake said. She said her final grade went from a C to a B.<\/p>\n

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