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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Helping teachers get supplies because the school literally won’t, isn’t tacky. Sign me up.

Bu teachers asking parents get supplies because they don’t want to go through the process (whatever that is) is intensely entitled. Only ordering from Office Depot, needing to put supply orders in weeks in advance, or having purchases approved is not a hardship, it’s part of most jobs.[/quote]

The main issue is [b]insufficient funding[/b], not the bureaucracy. You are welcome to contribute or not as you deem necessary and worthy.[/quote]

And when that’s true I think parents should step up as best they can. But I don’t think parents should forego family vacations, as suggested elsewhere, to help teachers avoid the inconvenience of making supply orders from Office Depot.[/quote]

I don’t think that most people are suggesting that. You are under no obligation to donate. Clearly there are teachers who need or want supplies, and there are parents who are willing to buy them, so a list makes sense. But if you don’t want to buy items off the list, just ignore it. Most reasonable people will respect that decision.[/quote]

At least one person on this thread suggested parents should forego family vacations to buy things for classrooms. So it’s not something I’ve invented.

I think anyone making a gift list should be mindful of the message it sends. Again in an under-resourced school, needs must. But you create a lot of ill-will for teachers by creating an expensive wish list and then saying it’s to avoid ordering from Office Depot (also on this thread)

The takeaway is that parents should ask administrators to comment on the lists before buying. [/quote]

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