My kids school is the opposite. I would guess very few if any of the kids there are on free lunch. When I drop my kids off in the 300D it looks like a complete junker compared to nearly every other car there.
Nevertheless they ask us to pay for all those supplies. I don't particularly mind; it's not a lot of money, but it seems that with the computers and copiers the schools have now, they are using a lot more paper than they used to. When I was in school we had a workbook for each subject and all the exercises were in there. Nice and neat. Now my kids are bringing home 10 - 15 pages PER DAY of random loose worksheets, class newsletters, PTA announcements, fundraiser spam, and other crap. That seems to be a waste of resources to me. Allan On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:00 -0500, "Tim C" <bb...@crone.us> wrote: > DE markers aren't in our list, but the list retail is $40+ here. > Paper, pencils, crayons, markers, notebooks, all of particular > brand/size; reams of paper, etc.; daughter brought in batteries, yarn, > a couple other oddities too this year. These all get put into the > general classroom bucket. That said all the local stores (including > Wal-Mart) have the stuff on sale in August, so it usually rings in > around $20, less for us because we hit sales throughout the year. > > Kids who can't afford it - literally 98% of my kids' school is on free > lunch, 99% if you include reduced - bring what they can, and the > teachers make up the difference. [Well, and those of us with jobs > usually send in extra.] Here the teachers, even though they make less > than other area professionals, are making more than the average income > of the families in this school, and they know it. I don't begrudge > them asking for classroom supplies from the kids, and don't mind > helping. > > I prefer to do it voluntarily; basically I see it as a local use tax, > and I believe it is technically a charitable donation though I've > never taken it. When my kids graduate I likely won't be paying it > anymore, which is a sight better long term than if the local property > tax, and thus administrative overhead, was raised to pay for the > things. > > -Tim > I drop my kids off with the 300D, usually, but took the rental today > because SWMBO is not back yet. And I was going to take off work to > finish the SDL, but didn't. See? Almost on topic. > > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> > wrote: > > They do here. The kids need to bring in a pack of dry-erase markers, 2 > > packs of printer paper, and 2 boxes of tissues for "the classroom" in > > addition to all their personal supplies. > > > > Allan > > > > On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:24 -0600, "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> > > wrote: > >> then its just a Claremore thing as I suspected > >> > >> On 1/2/2011 10:39 PM, OK Don wrote: > >> > They don't do that in Norman ---- > >> > > >> > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Kaleb C. > >> > Striplin<ka...@striplin.net>wrote: > >> > > >> >> So I got to know, down there do they make it a requirement that the kids > >> >> bring dry erase markers as part of their required supplies every year? > >> >> I > >> >> dont have a problem with the dry erase boards except for them making the > >> >> kids supply the teachers. > >> >> -- > >> >> > >> > OK Don > >> > 2001 ML320 > >> > 1992 300D 2.5T > >> > 1990 300D 2.5T > >> > 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager > >> > _______________________________________ > >> > http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >> > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > > >> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > >> 95 E300, 94 S500, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, > >> 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, > >> 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D, > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
