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Reply to "School supplies - why not just allow parents to pay a fee? "
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I prefer buying my own stuff. Is it really that hard. [/quote] No. Inefficient? Yes. [/quote] The toolbox thing has really bad quality items; I gave up after year 1. Head phones look like dollar store ones - for the same price you can get ones that you can reuse on a plane or with other devices. I found the same with rulers, erasers, etc. Yes - time consuming but your kid has better quality items for a lower cost. I wouldn't mind paying extra if the quality was there to match. Most of the money seems to go into labor and profits.[/quote] But again, why can't schools just have parents pay a school supply fee and they can order exactly what they need directly rather than through a third party vendor? And the fee can still be waived if low income, etc. If other public schools can do this, why not Fairfax?[/quote] Because they don’t want to… You have the option to buy on your own. You have the option to buy from the school choose whichever one works best for you, but the school is not required to do a third option.[/quote]
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