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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've started seeing posts here and on another listserve about ordering your child's school supplies or back to school kit.  When I was a kid you had to go out and buy your own pencils, crayons, 3-ring notebook, eraser, ruler and other random things for your own personal use.

I looked at the list for the rising kindergarteners at my DS's future school and it includes boxes of Kleenex, hand sanitizer, multiple glue sticks, box of Ziploc bags and other random things.  Other grades have to bring in things like dry erase markers and bottles of liquid soap.  Clearly this looks like the families are stocking the classroom for the year for collective use.

I'm new to all this and it's kind of got me raising an eyebrow.  Isn't this why school systems have budgets?  Especially in this area where jurisdictions spend crazy huge amounts per pupil.  We can afford it so this isn't a hardship for our family, but I'm wondering why the school isn't stocking up its own tissues, dry erase markers and so on?[/quote]
Cheapest possible stuff at the highest price they can charge.[/quote]

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