Shouldn't they be starting soon?

[SaraJayne]

It wasn't a part of being a parent when my parents had me in school, it wasn't even a part of being a parent since my sister's kids were kids.... Why should it be a part of PARENTING? It's ridiculous.

I showed up at school with pens, pencils, notebooks and a bookbag. My friend's 7 yo had a listing for SKITTLES... yes, SKITTLES!! The candies.

Sorry, this was not in the parent's handbook that was handed out when I was a kid..

Your parents never bought you school supplies? I find that hard to believe.

I know my Mom boughts us school supplies...and I'll be 36 in a few weeks.

Providing what your child needs is part of parenting. Part of those needs are school supplies.

 

[Robinrs]

Your parents never bought you school supplies? I find that hard to believe.

I know my Mom boughts us school supplies...and I'll be 36 in a few weeks.

Providing what your child needs is part of parenting. Part of those needs are school supplies.

Did you READ the second line with what I showed up with?????

I was your age when I had my son, and he's in the 11th grade. Things were different in the stone age!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

It wasn't a part of being a parent when my parents had me in school, it wasn't even a part of being a parent since my sister's kids were kids.... Why should it be a part of PARENTING? It's ridiculous.

I showed up at school with pens, pencils, notebooks and a bookbag. My friend's 7 yo had a listing for SKITTLES... yes, SKITTLES!! The candies.

Sorry, this was not in the parent's handbook that was handed out when I was a kid..

Being from Missouri we always had to buy school supplies and I am 45.

Now this should be a blast from the past....

I remember shopping at VENTURE to get our supplies. I still miss Venture.

 

[Kath2003]

I agree with you. I think it is truly sad that schools make teachers buy basic things like soap and tissues for the classroom, as if these are hot commodities and not necessities.

TEACHERS buy these things? Are you serious?!?

The short answer is there is no money allocated to buy supplies. Our schools are run differently by state and district. In other words there is nothing uniform.

It's got to be a false economy - 30 parents buying 30 sets of stationery has got to cost far more than the school bulk buying 300 sets of stationery in one go

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

Ok, can I just vent that I don't have to buy school supplies?

I am utterly in LOVE with school supplies...the smell of a new box of crayons can just curl my toes!

I should be grateful that our school supplies all the needs for the kids, but I would LOVE a "needs" list. Just sayin'.

 

[Sparx]

TEACHERS buy these things? Are you serious?!?

It's got to be a false economy - 30 parents buying 30 sets of stationery has got to cost far more than the school bulk buying 300 sets of stationery in one go

If teachers want them, they have to either ask the parents to buy them and put them on the School Supply List or the teacher buys these things out of pocket.

Here, everything in the classroom except the teacher's computer, desks, chairs, school books (only the subject ones like math and science) and dry erase boards came from the teacher's pocket or parent donations. Any decorations, tissues/soap/etc, any non-subject books, and everything else came from the teacher's pocket.

 

[Kath2003]

If teachers want them, they have to either ask the parents to buy them and put them on the School Supply List or the teacher buys these things out of pocket.

That's NUTS. How can teachers be required to supply the two items that stop staff and students missing school through illness? I bet it'd save the state more money to supply these things and have fewer staff sick-days (never mind fewer parents having to stay home to take care of sick kids) than it ever would for a few boxes of tissues & bars of soap

Here, everything in the classroom except the teacher's computer, desks, chairs, school books (only the subject ones like math and science) and dry erase boards came from the teacher's pocket or parent donations. Any decorations, tissues/soap/etc, any non-subject books, and everything else came from the teacher's pocket.

Wow. That would never wash here. Everything comes from the school's budget - from the decorations to soap to nail polish remover!

 

[golfgal]

I'm waiting for the public schools reg. fees vent thread. I can not wrap my head around a public school being able to charge fees to register your kids.

The fee that gets me is the "textbook rental fee" that I think it's the schools in Indiana charge.

This is illegal in our state

I truly don't understand why parents are expected to supply this stuff. We expect kids to come to lessons with a pen, a pencil and a ruler. We do the rest. This is from 6th grade: below that, the school even supplies the pens, pencils and rulers!

We supply exercise books for each subject, too. This is nationally, not just at my school.

You also pay a lot more in taxes than we do so overall it ends up costing us LESS this way, for which I am very happy.

 

[Kath2003]

You also pay a lot more in taxes than we do so overall it ends up costing us LESS this way, for which I am very happy.

I'm not sure it's as much more as most people on the DIS think it is, but either way, schools should provide the basic materials that their children need to gain an education. Like I said, buying in bulk would cost people so much less than having individuals go out and buy their own.

Plus, how awful would it be if the teacher refused to spend their money paying for resources for their children? I'm guessing because of the very nature of the job, it rarely happens...kinda taking advantage of their good will.

 

[Robinrs]

It wasn't a part of being a parent when my parents had me in school, it wasn't even a part of being a parent since my sister's kids were kids.... Why should it be a part of PARENTING? It's ridiculous.

I showed up at school with pens, pencils, notebooks and a bookbag.

Being from Missouri we always had to buy school supplies and I am 45.

Now this should be a blast from the past....

I remember shopping at VENTURE to get our supplies. I still miss Venture.

DOES ANYONE READ THE SUPPLIES I BROUGHT???????

I NEVER saw a supply LIST. We knew what to bring and we brought them. The first list I ever laid eyes on was when my son went to kindergarten in 1999. What the??? I thought it was only a Georgia thing!

My biggest complaint are the long list of stuff that they NEVER use. I put them away and send them the next year.

 

[NMAmy]

I'm 47 and we never had to provide our own school supplies--all the way through high school. Pencils, pens, and paper were provided. If you wanted a binder or a wirebound notebook, then you bought that yourself but there was no requirement at all. There were big packages of that pulpy yellow paper in each classroom that we'd help ourselves to and the teachers passed out pencils/pens/erasers/crayons, etc as needed. I think there was one year we had to buy a protractor and a compass but the teacher had spares for those who didn't have them.

I don't know why some are so surprised by this--it just depends on the school district, I think. DD went to the same school district and they now have an extensive school supply list but from 1969-1981, we had no supply lists.

 

[golfgal]

DOES ANYONE READ THE SUPPLIES I BROUGHT???????

I NEVER saw a supply LIST. We knew what to bring and we brought them. The first list I ever laid eyes on was when my son went to kindergarten in 1999. What the??? I thought it was only a Georgia thing!

My biggest complaint are the long list of stuff that they NEVER use. I put them away and send them the next year.

We had lists growing up.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I truly don't understand why parents are expected to supply this stuff. We expect kids to come to lessons with a pen, a pencil and a ruler. We do the rest. This is from 6th grade: below that, the school even supplies the pens, pencils and rulers!

We supply exercise books for each subject, too. This is nationally, not just at my school.

What's worse, if the kids do not bring it, the teachers have to buy it with their own money. But, the good news is, most stores here have great sales on school supplies, such as two glue sticks for 25 cents, notebooks for 10 cents, etc.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I'm 47 and we never had to provide our own school supplies--all the way through high school. Pencils, pens, and paper were provided. If you wanted a binder or a wirebound notebook, then you bought that yourself but there was no requirement at all. There were big packages of that pulpy yellow paper in each classroom that we'd help ourselves to and the teachers passed out pencils/pens/erasers/crayons, etc as needed. I think there was one year we had to buy a protractor and a compass but the teacher had spares for those who didn't have them.

I don't know why some are so surprised by this--it just depends on the school district, I think. DD went to the same school district and they now have an extensive school supply list but from 1969-1981, we had no supply lists.

Hey, that's true. I'm 43 and don't remember having to buy all the supplies. I'll have to ask my mom about it.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I'm not sure it's as much more as most people on the DIS think it is, but either way, schools should provide the basic materials that their children need to gain an education. Like I said, buying in bulk would cost people so much less than having individuals go out and buy their own.

Plus, how awful would it be if the teacher refused to spend their money paying for resources for their children? I'm guessing because of the very nature of the job, it rarely happens...kinda taking advantage of their good will.

Most teachers know going in that they will need to do this. Some schools, perhaps even most, offer each teacher a small amount of money for classroom supplies. I know at the school I worked at it varied each year. One year it was nothing, another $50 and one year $150, but that was rare.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

What's worse, if the kids do not bring it, the teachers have to buy it with their own money. But, the good news is, most stores here have great sales on school supplies, such as two glue sticks for 25 cents, notebooks for 10 cents, etc.

I think the worst part is that the kids steal it.

In elementary, I would always get extra and send it in to the teachers. Even in HS and now middle school my dd might get something for the class every now and then.

 

[luvmy3]

Hang around the Budget Board....

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2519524

I was going to say its obvious the OP hasn't been to the BB.

 

[Kath2003]

Most teachers know going in that they will need to do this. Some schools, perhaps even most, offer each teacher a small amount of money for classroom supplies. I know at the school I worked at it varied each year. One year it was nothing, another $50 and one year $150, but that was rare.

Well the schools here give each department a budget - which of course is never enough for everything we'd like, but certainly covers exercise books, glue, scissors etc. You just gotta prioritise and obviously the basics come first.

 

[luvmy3]

What's worse, if the kids do not bring it, the teachers have to buy it with their own money. But, the good news is, most stores here have great sales on school supplies, such as two glue sticks for 25 cents, notebooks for 10 cents, etc.

Walmart has packs of 2 glue sticks for 25 cents except they are wiped out of all of them. Last year I saw people with whole carts full of glue sticks, crayons and folders. At least this year they had a sign near the folders that customers were limited to 1 case. I wish they had limited those darn glue sticks

 

[MM27]

Plus, how awful would it be if the teacher refused to spend their money paying for resources for their children? I'm guessing because of the very nature of the job, it rarely happens...kinda taking advantage of their good will.

I know teachers that refuse to spend even a penny of their own money on their classrooms. If the kids don't bring it in or the school doesn't supply it, they don't use it. I worked with a guy that used to put out a roll of those brown scratchy paper towels for the kids to use as tissues, the same bulletin boards were left up year after year, the rooms look really drab...

I know I shouldn't HAVE TO supply things for the classroom, but I do what I need to do to make my classroom a comfortable, inviting place for students to learn. I just went out and found a nice carpet for my classroom for about $30 because my old one was getting a bit shabby. I'm going to the teacher store tomorrow to pick up some bulletin board paper and other things to decorate the classroom. We can claim some of it on our taxes, but I spend way over that amount yearly.