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Who shopped for School Supplies Already? - 7/19/2008 2:54:24 PM
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MrsTracy72
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I just got home from vacation and noticed that Walmart had their back to school sale already. I have three kids to shop for this year so we took our lists and got just about everything we need. One thing that shocked me was that for my 2nd grader, I had to get two packages of twistable crayons. I could not believe they specified those crayons. I am only going to send one pack in the beginning of the year because last year, some of the supplies went into a box and kids who didn't have all of their supplies got to take from that. I am all for helping people out, but at the same time, I do alot of that and it is expensive to keep buying things for other people when I have to budget every penny that comes in and goes out myself.
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RE: Who shopped for School Supplies Already? - 7/19/2008 3:22:57 PM
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Me! Me! Me!!
Now I'm not nearly done but I've been getting a little here and a little there - mostly catching things on sale at various places. I've spent a grand total of $7.80 and have bought 50 folders, 80 pencils, a cheap 3 ring binder, 10 single subject notebooks, 3 packages of filler paper, 3 24 count crayons, 6 erasers, 6 glue sticks, and one bottle of glue. I know my kids won't use ALL those folders so I'll just keep them around for next year. I'm considering picking up a few extra things so we can supply the craft supply bins for our new cub scout pack too.
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RE: Who shopped for School Supplies Already? - 7/20/2008 11:24:44 PM
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Kath
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We haven't gone shopping yet but I did see that Walmart had all their stuff out.
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I'm trying to figure out what a high schooler needs????????? Dd is a freshman this year and I've yet to see a list.
I doubt if you will get a list, it seems like each teacher has their own requirement. It's safe to get a bunch of pens, pencils, a scientific calculator (I think it's called that, it's one that does algebra equations) and one subject notebooks. Here many teachers ask that the notebook be turned in once a week so they can grade the notes. Folders, backpack, some sort of trapper thing.
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Dh gave me that "look" and said, "It's high school!" Hmmmmm, should I have slapped him? LOL.
Only if you think it will knock some sense into him  *
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Most of the time, from what I hear, the teachers will tell the kids what they need that first day and expect them to have it the next.
That's exactly what happened to us. I was not happy.
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Does the school have a website that you can go to? That is what I had to do for my son. He is in middle school and I have not yet seen their list, but it was on the website so I printed it out.
That's nice. Our schools don't do that (We have been in 3 different highschool districts)
I saw some cool stuff at Office Depot so I'll probably take Linz there for some of it.
*just teasing, as I'm sure Deb knows. Neither one of us I'm sure advocates violence
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RE: Who shopped for School Supplies Already? - 7/21/2008 10:58:14 AM
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Was in Wal-Mart over the weekend....i saw that they did have plenty of "back to school" supplies out and ready to go...
though, we always get the "pre-packaged" school supplies through the PTA....it's been our experience that it costs no more, and saves time.....
my wife is actually the "chair" of the School Supply initiative for this school year...she's having an almost 85% participation rate....
we were at the mall yesterday, and got 2 of the kids a few new outfits for school.....
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RE: Who shopped for School Supplies Already? - 7/21/2008 11:41:09 AM
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I am only going to send one pack in the beginning of the year because last year, some of the supplies went into a box and kids who didn't have all of their supplies got to take from that. I am all for helping people out, but at the same time, I do alot of that and it is expensive to keep buying things for other people when I have to budget every penny that comes in and goes out myself.
I think you should make that point clear to the teacher. It's ridiculous that as a homeowner our taxes keep going up to pay for the schools, yet the school's keep demanding more and more from the parent's. There are a whole lot of families facing the same situation you described and I think it's unreasonable to ask them to cover for someone else.
If enough parent's complained the procedure would stop.
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RE: Who shopped for School Supplies Already? - 7/21/2008 11:47:09 AM
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Auben
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We won't have any good sales until next month so I only look longingly while the boys are in Toys.
For high school it helps to have a college-ruled notebook for each academic class (generally 3-6 notebooks), paper, a 3-ringed binder or two, pencils and pens.
Specialty items like scientific calculators or art notebooks generally don't go on sale much so picking them up in the first week or two won't hurt.
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RE: Who shopped for School Supplies Already? - 7/21/2008 12:16:28 PM
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ORIGINAL: buckifn
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I am only going to send one pack in the beginning of the year because last year, some of the supplies went into a box and kids who didn't have all of their supplies got to take from that. I am all for helping people out, but at the same time, I do alot of that and it is expensive to keep buying things for other people when I have to budget every penny that comes in and goes out myself.
I think you should make that point clear to the teacher. It's ridiculous that as a homeowner our taxes keep going up to pay for the schools, yet the school's keep demanding more and more from the parent's. There are a whole lot of families facing the same situation you described and I think it's unreasonable to ask them to cover for someone else.
If enough parent's complained the procedure would stop.
But that's not the teacher's decision. Most of the funding is earmarked for one program or another, and can't just be moved around to another department. At my old school, I got $75/year total for classroom needs. That didn't even buy the whiteboard markers I needed for an entire year, let alone kleenexes, art supplies, classroom materials, decorations, etc. At my current school, the foreign language department (4 teachers) gets $800/year, but we have to buy our own copy paper and printer ink, which takes over half of our budget. I haven't had a pencil sharpener in my classroom for 2 years because we don't have the money in our department funding and I refuse to pay for it myself On the other hand, I have 4 overhead projectors in my classroom because they belong to the foreign language department and can't be given to another teacher outside of our department. At one point I also had 3 DVD players, just for my classroom. No paper towels or chalk, of course, but 3 DVD players 
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RE: Who shopped for School Supplies Already? - 7/21/2008 1:30:45 PM
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Office Depot has a scientific calculator for $6.99 with a $7 mail in rebate. However, we have a thread about all this in parenting: HERE so I am closing this thread.
Do not send me PM's about this
Do not discuss this in the public forums.
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I usually spend ~$75-100 setting up my jr. high classroom and I know that my friends who teach elementary school usually spend a couple hundred dollars...
Last year ds had supply boxes already made up and we just had to purchase them. I'm not sure what I'm gonna do yet.
