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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

They probably used paper towels and clorox spray. Obviously using wipes is much faster. This most likely frees up some time so they can eat their lunch in 12 minutes instead of 10, or respond to one of the gagillion emails parents send asking about stuff that was sent in the weekly newsletter!

To the people complaining about the clorox wipes, you better not be the ones sending your kids in sick![/quote]

The Venn Diagram of parents complaining about school supplies and parents who send their kids in sick is basically a circle.[/quote]

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