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To: MichCapCon

I would have to look this one up, but I have a feeling that requirement is for elementary schools only.

I had to provide my own supplies once I started in 6th grade, and that was back in 1980. The middle school or high school never provided us paper for taking notes, crayons then was not even used. The high school almost never provided a pencil or pen for anything. I think the only time they provided pencils for anything was for the state assessment tests.

Now the schools require students to have a calculator that is worth anywhere from $85 to $120. I am giving a little for inflation since I dealt with the graphic calculators when I worked in retail.


10 posted on 09/05/2012 7:24:41 AM PDT by Eric Roelfsema
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To: Eric Roelfsema
I would have to look this one up, but I have a feeling that requirement is for elementary schools only.

I don't need to look it up. It's called FAPE: Free and Appropriate Public Education. That means they can't require that you supply so much as one single pencil. You already pay enough taxes - the schools are supposed to provide all the supplies needed from that.

41 posted on 09/05/2012 10:50:21 AM PDT by SCalGal (Friends don't let friends donate to H$U$, A$PCA, or PETA.)
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