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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 448998" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I used to battle with the schools over supplies too. Irks me no end.</p><p></p><p>Huge issue with me was buying for the entire classroom. Nope. Not doing it. If my kid has a cold, I'll send tissues. I'm NOT supplying tissues for the entire class. Nor am I buying paper towels and the like. That is what I pay taxes for, and trust me our school tax is not cheap by a long shot. No, I don't think it's fair for teachers to do without supplies for the classroom, but we already pay in.....at some point school officials need to start making that money go where it's supposed to go. </p><p></p><p>I saw the same thing on the grands school lists this year. Tell me what on earth a kindergardener is going to do with 2 pencil boxes?? Oh, sorry one is a clear pouch (has to be clear) to go into his BINDER. He's in kindergarden people, wth is he going to use a binder for? Kayla with the zippered binder. (found her a really super nice binder with velcro at a yard sale for a dime, that will have to do) Ok, I'm guessing it's so her papers don't fall out, but there are other binders out there that don't zip that work just as well and don't cost an arm and a leg. </p><p></p><p>And of course supplies have to be certain name brands. I told katie if she hears from teachers to tell them if they want something specific bad enough that they can buy it. I swear I did that every year. Poor people and people who are unemployed just can't go out and buy the expensive items on the lists, they have to look for sales. ugh</p><p></p><p>Teachers didn't care for my "attitude" but strangely enough my kids were allowed to use their supplies with no further comments about them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 448998, member: 84"] I used to battle with the schools over supplies too. Irks me no end. Huge issue with me was buying for the entire classroom. Nope. Not doing it. If my kid has a cold, I'll send tissues. I'm NOT supplying tissues for the entire class. Nor am I buying paper towels and the like. That is what I pay taxes for, and trust me our school tax is not cheap by a long shot. No, I don't think it's fair for teachers to do without supplies for the classroom, but we already pay in.....at some point school officials need to start making that money go where it's supposed to go. I saw the same thing on the grands school lists this year. Tell me what on earth a kindergardener is going to do with 2 pencil boxes?? Oh, sorry one is a clear pouch (has to be clear) to go into his BINDER. He's in kindergarden people, wth is he going to use a binder for? Kayla with the zippered binder. (found her a really super nice binder with velcro at a yard sale for a dime, that will have to do) Ok, I'm guessing it's so her papers don't fall out, but there are other binders out there that don't zip that work just as well and don't cost an arm and a leg. And of course supplies have to be certain name brands. I told katie if she hears from teachers to tell them if they want something specific bad enough that they can buy it. I swear I did that every year. Poor people and people who are unemployed just can't go out and buy the expensive items on the lists, they have to look for sales. ugh Teachers didn't care for my "attitude" but strangely enough my kids were allowed to use their supplies with no further comments about them. [/QUOTE]
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