$42,382 x 30 kids. It adds up to a fortune.
I bet the teachers still ask for donations for school supplies.
One of the oldest tricks in the book to tug at those heartstrings and loosen those wallets. Create the perception of underpaid but dedicated schoolteachers in search of pencils and paper for their under-served students. Designed to make taxpayers ashamed for wanting to cut or even hold steady the school budget.
It works. So they will keep using those tactics.
BTW, school supplies cost next to nothing. Office supply juggernauts like Staples, WB Mason and Office Max have driven down costs enormously. Here, you can get a box of 150 #2 pencils- enough to supply a classroom for a year - for about $12, or eight cents each. I'm sure school systems can purchase in bulk and bring the price-per-pencil down substantially more than that.