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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I don't understand the anxiety. Most of these items you probably already have in your home - pens, pencils, notebooks, binders. And it's not like your kid will get kicked out even if you don't buy the requisite supplies. Does this really warrant a whole topic on DCUM?[/quote]

Be nice.  I am a FTM with daughters starting K also, and the whole school supply thing is a mystery to me as well.  It's not like you buy a Trapper Keeper and some pencils and are done with it.  The K supply list for our FCPS ES from last year included, among many other items, 2 dozen glue sticks, 5 boxes of crayons, Magic Erasers, soap, disinfecting wipes, hand sanitizer, and headphones.  I have twins, so that is 48 glue sticks!  There also have been threads on DCUM about whether buying through the school PTA or during back-to-school sales is better, etc., so it's not surprising that some of us are looking for advice.[/quote]

So do they expect each kid to go through all those glue sticks and crayons, or what's going on with this??[/quote]

Just from making visit and supervising activities in my daughter's K classroom, I'd say yeah, they do. They use them all the time. Last year we brought in what our teacher asked, and in March or April she had to ask for more. She's got two dozen 6-year-olds to deal with every day, I'm happy to bring in whatever she needs.[/quote]

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