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I feel your pain. My son just graduated from high school. I think the whole thing cost me at least a thousand dollars.
Pictures, cap and gown, invitations, more pictures from graduation, yearbook. I told my son he needed to return his gown after graduation and he said, "no, we get to keep them"! What? No wonder I paid $50.00 for that gown. I now own it.

What really stinks is that they tried to get the kids to pay for their sashes from various organizations like honor society, honors grad., Key club, etc.. Parents raised a stink so the kids a freebie on sashes/cords. I am still surprised they didn't ask for a deposit for the diploma!

The newest thing in my area are these bound books the kids make in elementary school. If you do not purchase the book your kid worked on all year they dont get one. So for about 25 bucks I had to buy my daughters book where she has one page that is a riddle and my sons book on his state project Nebraska. Which at least he did with only one other child however I really see no use for this book other than to make its way up to the attic not to long from now.

Now regarding the religious instructions. Apparently the instructers are all volunteers and all you have to buy are the books which cost, get this 75 bucks for some paperback books per year and TITHING ENVELOPS for your children,,,,I kid you not.