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[quote=Anonymous]Every school is different, so the best advice your kid will get is from other kids at their school.  Here's what I can share from my kids' experiences:

(1) Textbooks were offered in many classes, but in most it was up to the kids whether to take them. In the cases they took textbooks, they just brought them home and used them for h/w, NEVER returning them to school until the end of the school year.  Sometimes the amount of info is overwhelming to kids at the start of HS, so they should ask the teacher whether they need to lug any text books back and forth before doing so.

(2) Lockers -- as others have said, any kid can get a locker.  Some with sports equip choose to do so because they can drop it off at the beginning of the day and pick it up at the end.  But most kids choose not to, because it would not make logistical sense to return to their lockers during the day.

(3) School supplies -- most teachers left that up to the kids, but, esp in 9th grade, the teachers might suggest particular things that make sense.  For sure, certain math classes (maybe starting in Algebra 2, but can't remember) require graphing calculators, which aren't very big.  Teachers have some available, but not for entire class.  Of course graphing paper needed for some math classes.  Notebook for APUSH (maybe other classes) because they are trying to teach kids how to take notes and will check that.  But not sure they care if it's binder rather than notebook.  My kids (graduate and upper class) experimented with various modes and ended up mostly with folders and a couple notebooks.

Key thing: kid should ask what is required and what is suggested

And parents here should always remember that we don't know anything for sure except about the teachers our kids had at our own schools[/quote]

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