Not only do some Arizona teachers have to contend with mice in their classrooms, they also have to buy their own glue traps.
Classroom globes that spin to reveal two Germanys, antiquated plumbing that regularly floods a school hallway also known as the “poo pod,” decades-old textbooks that overlook the last 10 elements added to the periodic table or call Ronald Reagan our current president—this is just some of the evidence of how Arizona lawmakers have neglected their public schools.
There also are the 48 students crammed into their high school English classroom, and the elementary school counselor who cares for 1,430 children.