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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The last few years of my child’s elementary school I stopped donating the crazy amounts of things and no one noticed or cared. They collect a lot at the open house and no one actually sees what you donate. For example, they wanted 2 packs of dry erase markers. Nope. We just got 1. Kid never used even one marker from it all year. They also asked for a dry eraser. I didn’t buy that at all - I will buy if my kid tells me they need one. She never asked the whole year. 10 packs of pencils? Nope. One pack, and we took out a few already to add to her pencil pouch and donated the rest of that one pack. 24 glue sticks? Absolutely not. We bought 6-12, kept 2 in her pouch and donated maybe 4? The rest we keep at home. 3 boxes of Clorox wipes, 75 count. Hell no. We donate one box only. They are pricey. 2 boxes of tissues? Nope, just 1.

Easy.[/quote]

Teacher here. I had to fill in for you. Yes, these supplies are pricy. When you and other parents sent just one box of Clorox wipes, I had to purchase tons of Clorox with my own money to make up the difference.

So you simply transferred the cost to me. I guess that’s okay, but it starts to add up when a lot of parents do it. [/quote]

Why did you buy Clorox wipes? What did teachers do before the wipes existed? What about the teachers who don’t buy supplies?[/quote]

Before wipes we used some multipurpose cleaning spray (like 409) and paper towels - that we bought on our own.

They teachers that don’t buy supplies have very sticky desks in their classroom. Janitorial staff doesn’t clean desks.[/quote]

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