At the last 2 schools I've been at , there's a kind of swap of furniture as the teachers rearrange their rooms. This takes place b4 the school year starts. BAsically, teachers put the furniture they're not using outside their room, and it's up for grabs. Most schools have a storeroom where some extra furniture is kept. Talk to your principal.
After years of waiting, I finally got a 1/2 round table (from Kindrgarten). I use it for demos or an extra work station and it is wonderful.
Jan
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From: sandra summers-barrick [mailto:tamayo@cinci.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 10:26 PM
To: ArtsEdNet Talk
Subject: Re: tables (suggestions)in the art room
I have 6-8 folded tables that I use around the room to hold projects and
supplies, then a cart and fake mirror over the demo table for kids to
see (although in reverse). Right now I am using round tables because
that is what was there before me. They are buying new tables (wish I'd
get new chairs too), anyway they are wood laminate tops with metal legs
(4 on the corner) but before they buy I thought I'd ask everyone. The
extra tables sound ideal, but I don't know, anything I can save on cost
will be used elsewhere, such as the kiln room and kiln.
Sandra
lindwood@webtv.net wrote:
>
> I have tables that comfortably handle 4 kids with 18x24 paper with room
> to spare for supplies. I think they are 5 feet long and 3.5 feet wide.
> I like rectangles. I have added two more tables to my group of 6 big
> tables. The two extra tables are skinnier (2 or 2.5 feet wide. I put
> those between sets of two big tables
