BYO lab coats?
Posted: 19 May 2022, 16:19
I have searched and it seems most schools either supply lab coats or don't use them. Are there any schools out there that have a lab coat as part of the school uniform? For example, students who do cooking/food tech classes need to provide their own aprons and tea towels (we have spares). I have been thinking/talking about getting lab coats for our school for a while but there isn't enough in our budget to just buy them all in one hit.
Has anyone set up a system where students buy the lab coats in year 7 and then trade up sizes as they get older and then sell them back to the school when they leave? So one payment when they start (I guess it could be called a deposit) which is returned/refunded when they leave. If they want to keep their lab coat at the end then they just don't get their money back but they have it for if they want to do science at uni.
It is just in the "initial idea" stage at the moment and I would welcome feedback on if you think a system like this could work. If there was a particularly bad spill I would launder them, however they would be responsible for caring for their own lab coats and I would give them a good wash when returned. I am in a private school.
Has anyone set up a system where students buy the lab coats in year 7 and then trade up sizes as they get older and then sell them back to the school when they leave? So one payment when they start (I guess it could be called a deposit) which is returned/refunded when they leave. If they want to keep their lab coat at the end then they just don't get their money back but they have it for if they want to do science at uni.
It is just in the "initial idea" stage at the moment and I would welcome feedback on if you think a system like this could work. If there was a particularly bad spill I would launder them, however they would be responsible for caring for their own lab coats and I would give them a good wash when returned. I am in a private school.