What I don’t understand is why, when so much is spent per child on taxes for education, why the parents have to buy paper, pens and binders? You’d think almost $10,000 per child would include paper and pencils.
This is another area we saved as homeschoolers. My husband would bring home the discarded computer print outs for us to use. We never bought paper. The kids never had a back pack, and had almost no need for binders.
Quit being so rational!
you said - “why the parents have to buy paper, pens and binders? You’d think almost $10,000 per child would include paper and pencils”
dittos!
Certainly, you’ve heard of the TEACHERS, not known to be “highly compensated”, who shell out hundreds or more for supplies for their classrooms.
Where DOES all of the money go??
Kindergarten school supply list: 3 box of 16count Crayola crayons, 2 bottles of Elmer's white school glue, 12 regular sized pencils, Fiskar blunt tip scissors, 1 box thick tip Crayola markers, 10 glue sticks, 3 dry erase markers, 1 zippered pencil bag, 1 white 1" binder, 2 boxes tissues, 1 box of baby whipes, 1 Crayola watercolor pain set, 2 reams white copy paper, 1 towel (kids have to take a nap on the hard floor).....plus school uniform-like clothes. BTW, my children attend a Chapter 1 school where most of the kids are on reduced/free lunches. Like those parents are going to be able to afford all that for every one of their kids. The higher grades have longer supply lists.