Decades ago, I was shocked when I saw my friend’s children’s school list and saw toilet paper listed. We had never had to bring what the school was being paid per child to supply. I never did ask if the teachers and staff had to do the same.
In the real, real....good old, old days...you had to bring wood to heat the school....
And for that, the public schools charge $15,740 per kid, per year, here in Dallas in the public schools.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_d1ad045c-92ca-11ee-8ab7-fb30c740343a.html
And for some crazy reason, private schools can get away with charging far less per kid, and still provide a better education.
https://www.privateschoolreview.com/tuition-stats/texas
But, propose school vouchers and competition, advocate for parents choice and something other than a government held monopoly and you’ll be painted as some horrible human that hates children.