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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel ok if they charge us parents school supply fee instead of send in school supply or order school supply box ( except for low income area and families), it’s much easier and cheaper that way if fcps or school order large quantity from manufacturers directly ( one school supplies box cost nearly $95 for my 4th grader to be). [/quote]

I agree- but $95 for school supplies is a lot. The PTA makes some money from that, because it's cheaper to get everything on your own, but it's a huge pain to find specific brand composition books in 3 different colors, etc.

We also have piles of old school supplies at home from when they send home leftover items at the end of the year. I'll try to repurpose some of those this year. 
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Most of last year’s stuff is unusable. Maybe send the scissors and rulers in but used crayons, erasers, pencils with no eraser left, smashed glue sticks, and dry markers just won’t do. Just get the list and buy the supplies yourself and you will spend less than $95 and don’t worry if it’s not exactly the same. 12 crayons are better than 8 anyway.[/quote]

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