{"id":1017,"date":"2012-05-13T21:04:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T02:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=1017"},"modified":"2012-05-13T21:04:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T02:04:04","slug":"should-i-stay-or-should-i-go-what-to-do-with-school-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/05\/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go-what-to-do-with-school-papers.html","title":{"rendered":"Should I Stay or Should I Go?<\/em> — What to Do With School Papers?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I know...the top of this plastic rack of drawers is sagging terribly.<\/p><\/div>\n

As the school year wraps up around here (my boys finish on June 8th) I’ve started thinking about sorting and storage of the boys’ school papers. I’m sure other school systems are similar in that the kids bring home volumes of paperwork: completed worksheets, tests, readings, PTO newsletters, classroom newsletters, announcements about summer camps, sports, and special charity events in the community. This all takes PAPER!!<\/p>\n

I can’t keep everything obviously. In part because I have enough “stuff” in the house, but mostly because when it’s time for us to move, we have to account for any extra weight over and above the allowances the Air Force gives us. So I have to pick and choose what’s worth keeping forever, and what’s worth tossing — also forever.<\/p>\n

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Trying to figure out what stays and what goes....<\/p><\/div>\n

When the boys were in preschool, my friend\u00a0FotoMom<\/a> taught me I could staple together two pieces of posterboard to make a portfolio-like envelope. This easily held the papers as well as the larger pieces of artwork. I have these stored in our shed in the backyard, and we’re toting those from house to house. To be honest, I haven’t accessed a single one of those envelopes once the boys’ school years end…but I’ll continue to carry them from house to house.<\/p>\n

What say you? Help me strike a comfortable medium between keeping the special stuff and not overwhelming the moving folks with seemingly extraneous paperwork!!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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