CPS Photocopy Budget

What is up with the restriction on teachers making Xerox copies at Cincinnati Public schools?

I've noticed that our children's teachers refer to this often. For example, yesterday, I received a notice from my daughter's teacher that stated:

"My copy budget is limited thus your child will only receive one sheet of math homework per week instead of five."

WHAT!!??

Does this make any sense at all? Has anyone else dealt with this in their school?

Do some parents donate paper and toner? Should we return to use of the mimeograph?

Also, the Enquirer has an article today on one of my other pet peeves: short lunch periods. It is so frustrating when the kids bring full lunchboxes back home. I think a parent at our kid's school brought a proposal to the CPS school board that would mandate longer lunches, but they decided to leave it up to each principal.

Taco Truck Update

My friend Dave send me a post saying the L.A. Taco Trucks, that I blogged about earlier this year, have been ruled legal. See article here.

Phil Greenwald, an attorney for the vendors, praised the prosecutor's decision. "After all, they're not selling porn, they're not selling drugs, all they're selling is food," he told The Associated Press. "Carne asada is not a crime."

Bentos Lunches

This post is for my wife's benefit. She is an ardent believer in a healthy packed-lunch. (You know things are bad when you start communicating with your spouse thru your blog) See the Lactivist website, she loves the Bento Lunch boxes. She also has occasional pictures of the lunches she has packed:

 

Fountain Square Lunch Hour

A couple photos of lunch time on Fountain Square a few days ago (earth day?).

 

Sitting on Steps. Would more seating be better, or is improvising OK?

 

Laughing and smoking:

 

Didn't get any photos of the Green Fashion Show. Dan, at Park + Vine is really getting the word out about his products though.

Food Trucks

One sign that Portland is attitudinally different from Cincinnati, is the presence of dozens of Food Trucks on parking lots throughout the city center. Would the people of Cincinnati ever allow such disorder to occur? I doubt it. The Building Department would have fits.

I loved it. We need some of these guys to set-up at Fifth and Race.

Mexican Food Truck, closed on Sunday:

 

Russian Food Truck:

 

Food trucks crowded on a Friday afternoon:

 

More food trucks closed on Sunday:

 

UPDATE: There is a new blog devoted to Portland "Food Carts".