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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m surprised people are surprised that there aren’t tissues for teachers. Do most people get free tissue boxes at work? I do not. We all bring boxes in and if we forget, I guess there’s bathroom tp. Teachers shouldn’t have to provide these for students though.

People talk about the cost of school supplies, but school supplies cost like $15. It’s the 8 packs of tissues, 4 boxes of Lysol wipes, sandwich, quart and gallon baggies (what do they do with those?!?) and hand sanitizer that cost $$$.

What I don’t like is how over decorated all the classrooms are. They’re chaotic to sit in and I think they overwhelm adhd students. It’s insanity and I think teachers watch Instagram reels and think they need to do all that. [/quote]

The bags are often used to create individual kits for student in-class projects.
So, for example, for literacy and art in my oldest son's kindergarten, they made a spiral bound book with a construction paper project for each letter.  I helped prep the page kits.  Each gallon ziploc bag had the sheet that would be the page and other supplies needed to make the letter design. They did reuse bags.  But that was 25 or so bags each day they did a letter project.

Bags are also used to contain messes.  Suzie's scrunchie fell in the sink.  It's Dr. Seuss Week, so they made Oobleck. Etc.[/quote]

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