Resource Sharing

I don't know about others, but I noticed that schools- at least, my school- has a lot of resources.  Instruments, lab equipment, food, microwaves, you name it, they've got it.  And yet, I never really see these resources get shared- the beakers stay in the cabinets, used once in an eternity.  The instruments- I understand, it's a little hard to move a piano.  The food- well, I don't really know what they do with the extra cafeteria food, but I don't think that it's going anywhere useful.  What if we could say, make all these wonderful resources available, though, to everyone?  For instance, let's say an elementary school teacher wants to conduct a science experiment with his/her students, but they don't know who to ask for stuff-  none of the teachers at the elementary school has science materials to spare, and they don't really know the science department well at the high school.  An opportunity for learning and discovery is gone to waste! Unless there is a way that isn't a major headache for the teacher to see at a glance what is available (movable equipment-wise) at the high school that currently isn't in use and call up those teachers to see whether he/she can borrow the equipment.  What I'm proposing, ladies and gents, is something like carpooling among teachers.  What I think should be done is that a catalogue should be made of say, science equipment- beakers, graduated cylinders,  goggles, you get the idea.  This should be put online in a sort of database.  Then, should say, an elementary teacher request 5 beakers, the computer can automatically email teachers with beakers that Ms. Teacher from That School wants to borrow some beakers, and so could they spare some beakers?  It's carpooling, school supplies style.  Similarly, it can be done for, say, markers, 'specially where markers/crayons/art supplies just aren't used on a day to day basis in class.  If you ask me, there's no reason for teachers to hoard perfectly good supplies that they never use in their lessons- let someone else borrow it for a change!!  And who knows, maybe this idea can save money in the long run as some teachers realize they don't (or perhaps do, if they borrow frequently) need an entire class set of supplies for every little thing, thus cutting costs on supplies.  At the very least, it'll build tighter bonds in the school community.

PS. Of course, there are problems- transportation of these items, for instance.  But I think it's a legitimate idea that may even be branched out to let students borrow stuff once in a while, so long as they, say, pay rent, or put up a collateral while they borrow it.  Perhaps schools could even earn a little revenue by letting students borrow things.