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[quote=Anonymous]Ok--I am not a parent of a high schooler so I am not your target.  But I am confused and I do have small kids that will soon enter the public school system so I am going to ask a question and suggest a reason for the issue you are facing.

First I will give some background. When I grew up, we were given a list of things to buy before school started.  In high school, the list was not paste  and glue sticks but it was things like protractors, compasses, etc.

I understand from many parents that in addition to the personal supplies list, each child is required to provide a bunch of other things for the classroom to use.  My friends have elementary school kids so that is my frame of reference but I recall they were asked to buy something like 25 glue sticks and 20 boxes of crayons.  So--my question for you is what do you tell the parents to send their children to school with--what does the supplies list say?  I ask because if I am told (as a parent) each year to send my kids to school with certain personal items AND also am required to  supply the classroom with certain items, I will do that if I am asked but if I am not asked, I am going to assume that the school is providing it.  Do you see what I am saying?

Yes, common sense would tell me that I should send my kid to school with pencils and pens but common sense DOES NOT tell me that I should send my elementary school aged kid to school fully equipped with his/her personal stuff AND also 25 glue sticks.  So you cannot expect parents to rely on common sense anymore. You need to tell them what you want and expect.  [/quote]

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