Monday was my children's first day back to school, as I'm sure some of your children's as well. As my expectations would prove, both kids (in the same grade) came home with their lists of "required materials" from their respective teachers. (5 teachers per child). As I stated, I expected to have a shopping list from the teachers. What I did NOT expect was the $100 I was paying at the register at the end of the trip. (This was over 2 days, because of course, on the first trip, I forgot some things and had to go back for more).
So, here's my questions....first, what about those parents' who cannot afford to purchase all of these things? Will those kids be penalized for not being able to get those items? WHERE on Earth do the school taxes go? I mean it's not like we have new schools to pay for. As a matter of fact, we just laid off teachers and closed one of the elementary schools. So, where does the money go? And, what ever happened to just having a notebook and a pen? Since when do the kids now have to have individual binders, plus the notebooks, plus highlighters and sharpies AND flash drives? I mean really? Furthermore, it would have been nice to receive these shopping lists in the mail a few weeks ago when the schedules came out. It would have given us parents an opportunity to spread this purchase out over a few weeks.
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