The past two school years, I have packed up my room completely, in case I would not return to the same building in the fall. Last year, I thought I did a really good job purging things, and I had a lot that I gave and threw away, but I ultimately still had to rent a storage unit during the summertime, in addition to the carload I brought home. When I returned this fall, I left many boxes unpacked in my classroom, and guess what? If you guessed that they were still packed this spring, you would be right. So I decided to really take a critical eye to what I had in my classroom, and what I actually used, and I purged so much that I was able to pack it all up in three trips in my Mini Cooper. No storage unit necessary! Here’s how I did it: I asked myself the following questions and really thought realistically and critically about it. Why was I holding on to bulletin board letters from eleven years ago? Why did I need three old staplers that barely worked? Did I