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Ms. Bollaert from Brooklyn NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Let's put the Special back in Education

The cost of a Sharp 25 inch television is $311, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $296 goal

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I am a special education teacher at a High School in Brooklyn. Our school is very overcrowded and underfunded. Unfortunately the special education department has less resources than some of our general education counterparts. For example, we do not have a TV at our disposal. We have an excellent audiovisual library at our school - but no way to utilize it. My students, more than any other department, with their multiple intelligences, need multimedia to stimulate and enrich their learning. This is why I am asking for a TV for our students. I am hoping that in addition to helping to educate my students through multimedia that this will also improve their feelings toward special education. Many of my students feel stigmatized by that label - and this feeling is compounded when they see that they do not have the same opportunities that other students do. Thank you for taking the time to read this proposal. My students and I look forward to using this generous gift to improve their outlook and learning.

Ms. Bollaert
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sharp 25 in. Stereo TV • Highsmith Inc. $220.00 1 $220.00

Materials cost

$220.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$242.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.12

Total project goal

$295.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $295.12

3 Donors

-$276.61

Donations toward project cost

-$242.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.36

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.82

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 $0.00

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