'You want to see something sad?' the teacher said in the video.
A Teacher Went Viral on TikTok When She Shared the Shocking Budget the School Gave Her to Buy Art SuppliesRebecca Riley teaches an art lesson at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 in New York City. Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images.
A frustrated art teacher took to TikTok to share her budget to buy supplies for the coming school year, and it immediately went viral. “You want to see something sad?” said the teacher, who is in her 20s and identified only as Haley. “I’m an art teacher, and this is my allotment for art supplies for my classroom for this year—$50.”In a second video, Haley explained that she is employed at two different schools, one of which allocates $350 for the year—a sufficient amount, she said. She is also employed at a preschool, which is where she received just $50 for supplies.
New York City allocates a comparatively hefty $79.62 per public school student in arts funding. But since 2007, schools have been allowed to spend that money at their own discretion, not necessarily on art supplies or instruction. That’s because former mayor Michael Bloomberg eliminated a 1997 initiative mandating an art spending allocation for each student, leading to an immediate 63 percent decrease in art supply spending.
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