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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If parents don’t purchase the supplies, the teachers often have to do it.

I worked in a public school that provided no supplies for teachers. I had to purchase copy paper, tissue paper, class sets of composition books, books for my classroom library, etc. I also needed basic decorations for walls and all of my own supplies (whiteboard markers, pens, etc.). I spent close to $800 a year at that school, and was still told by an administrator that I didn’t decorate my classroom enough.

I don’t work for that district anymore. [/quote]
[b]BOOKS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM LIBRARY -You truly are not very smart.  All you school has to do is post or send an email out requesting books from the public/parents.  [/b]Our school did this and literally hundreds of current/old/favorite great condition books were donated. We had to use the HS kids (as volunteer hours) to help us organize.  There was a bin at the local HS for this too. We are in Loudoun County btw.  I would have made a supplies stipend a condition of my employment. [/quote]

Not everyone works in wealthy schools. Virtually none of my students have books at home. The vast majority had never been to a library. [/quote]

The point is - ask your whole community - flyers at the grocery store, posts on NextDoor or DCUM, boxes places at gym entrances .[b]  Stop whining and just put the work in - it's not hard[/b]. [/quote]

Parents are the worst. Can you imagine if your employer made you source all of your business supplies via crowdfunding? Paper, printers, staples, software? Employees would be up in arms. Or they would quit, which is what teachers are doing (for a multitude of reasons). The supply list is cheap considering we are not paying tuition out of pocket. I have no issues with it and most schools make it easy to bundle buy. [/quote]

Lol what. You are paying for public schools, my tax bill was over $20k this year [/quote]

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