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Mr. Bentzler from Rocky Point NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Exceptional Children need their privacy

The cost of this locking file cabinet is $277, 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>.

  • $297 goal

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I am a special education teacher for high-risk, special education students in grades 9-12 at Heide Trask Senior High School in southeastern North Carolina. Trask is an economically disadvantaged school with 54% of students receiving free lunch and 7% non-English speaking students. Our special education department is in need of a locking filing cabinet to safely and conveniently store confidential student records. A major responsibility to all special education students and their families is completing Individual Education Plans in an appropriate and timely fashion. These plans stay with each student throughout their entire academic careers, including post-secondary education. The large size of most folders makes transporting them from office to classroom extremely difficult. To give these records appropriate attention they must be stored in a private, safe, yet convenient location where only the students case manager and the special education coordinator can have access to them. The location we would prefer to use is inside the special educator's classroom. To do this we need the locking filing cabinet. Complete confidentiality is essential.

Mr. Bentzler
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
HON(R) D420 Series Vertical File, Letter-Size, 4 Drawers, 48 3/4quotH x 14 15/16quotW x 22 1/16quotD, Black • Office Depot Inc. $188.10 1 $188.10

Materials cost

$188.10

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$242.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.33

Total project goal

$296.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$296.26

1 Donor

-$279.37

Donations toward project cost

-$243.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.37

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.97

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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