Justin Lane teaches agriculture electives at Carnage Magnet Middle School in Wake County, where students plant, measure and diagram their own gardens. That means his classroom needs a diverse toolkit. Scissors to trim plants, construction paper to draw plants, identifying rulers to measure growth, and a lot of sharpies because they get lost easily.
On Thursday afternoon, Lane was among almost a dozen teachers attending the Wake Ed Partnership’s “Tools4Schools” supply drive to stock up on school supplies.
“Instead of having parents do a wish list and putting extra weight on families, this is just a super sweet gift for both the teachers and the kids,” Lane said. “This is a treasure.”…