“Among the lots available to the highest bidder, there’s 89 cases of soap, 264 cases of glass cleaner, and more than 700 cases of toilet tissue.”
That should last us a while…
“Dallas ISD auctioning unopened, overbought supplies”
http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/dallas-county/2015/06/25/dallas-isd-auctioning-new-surplus-supplies-it-overbought/29313447/
“But it’s not government waste, Robinson explained, because Dallas ISD makes money off the auctions – $300,000 last year alone.”
And these people are in charge of teaching youngsters…
Lessee… I bought a case of tp for $32.50, and sat on my investment for two years. Now I HOPE to get $1.00 for the same case… Wow. Does anyone remember the old SNL sketch about the change bank where they ask how they make money giving prefect change and he answers “volume”? This is what is running through my head as i read this nonsense…
How can they not use SOAP? TP i get the dispensers thing, but soap?
@Opcode This would likely be a discussion for the next board meeting or to bring up with Allen Wan, the Logistics Committee Chairperson. He’s not on the talk and doesn’t really communicate many ways other than in person, but I suggest that you look for him the next few times you’re at the space and he might legitimately be interested.
The next time you see your yearly property tax bill, look for the “ISD” line and compare it to the rest.
As they said in Indiana Jones: “Top men.”
I might have worked for Disd awhile ago and I might have been a first hand witnes to an entire school running out of toilet paper and soap for three days straight. Yup. Might have
The only thing that surprises me about this is that kids actually use soap.
Nobody said they USED it…
In elementary we used to paint mirrors with it, wipe it on toilet seats, etc.
And we were well behaved by today’s standards…
From what I heard on the radio last week, there are schools in the system that do need the supplies desperately.