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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone think 72 pencils per child is excessive?  Can anyone help me rationalize this?  [/quote]
Yes, along with out 24 glue sticks.[/quote]

Our school requires 25 LARGE glue sticks for first grade.  Really?  You want me to spend 25 bucks on glue sticks?  They also want us to buy 3 reams of computer paper.  So we're up to $40 now without buying any crayons, markers, pencils, scissors, folders, notebooks, tissues, etc.  It's nuts.[/quote]

I send about 5 glue sticks - whatever size is a good sale and no computer paper.  Public education is free.  I draw the line at what is reasonable (pencils, 24 crayons, scissors, reasonable amount of glue)  Baby wipes, ziploc bags, special black Flair markers, copy machine/computer paper - NO!  If your school is asking for a ton of supplies, they are spending their building budget on other things that does not go directly towards classroom experiences and that is not the intention of the building budget.  [/quote]

I hear what you're saying - these items should be provided by the school.  But they are not, and When parents don't or can't contribute, teachers have to use their own money to pay for needed supplies.  True.[/quote]

I'm sure kids these days will survive and get a fine education without babywipes, flair markers, fat markers, skinny markers, colored pencils and ziploc bags.  Plus having a finite supply of only ELmers GLue and only 24 crayons will teach them to be thoughtful about waste.  After all their parents did.  ;)

But, like I said, schools need to stop treating parents like a bank and be thoughtful of the way they spend and use materials, too.[/quote]

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