KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Teachers in West Michigan are jumping on a national social media campaign to help them get supplies for their classrooms.
The movement on social media is known as #clearthelist.
“I walked into this classroom and the only things I had were the tables that you see and my chrome book cart,” said Stephanie Gamble, a fifth-grade teacher at Kalamazoo’s Arcadia Elementary.
Gamble is entering her second year of teaching and says the needs she has for her classroom continue to grow.
“It takes a lot to actually get a classroom off the ground which I learned very quickly that first year,” Gamble said.
In her first year she relied on friends, family and other teachers in the building to help get her classroom off the ground but still it wasn’t enough for everything she needed.
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