Question for parents about School Supplies

As a parent I would love it. Often the sales are way before the list comes out. I hate the community bins, but if the teacher buys everything, the community bins would work fine.

 

Please not only run it by the principal, but your district financial person too.

Our school did this for many years.There are rules and regs about accepting money without having prior approval or an account set up.....Im not sure on the specifics though. Our district money person put the kibash on it because of that and the possible impropriety of it all.

Last year the PTA bought supplies from a company and you could send in money and your supplies would be in a box on your student's desk on the first day. The problem came when the supplies in the box weren't the supplies on the list.

THis year we've asked for $15 from each child for supplies. With that money we order the things that are hard to find--special notebooks, good erasers...etc

 

That 15 is in addiditon to a supply list that the parents buy...

 

After reading research about the way people in general treat community property versus private property, I decided to cut the community supplies. It's working out well for me. The only thing I keep community property is pencils.

Also, my mom was horrified one year when she found I took school supplies and made them community property. She said, "They spent all that time picking out exactly what they wanted and you just take it away?!"

I guess if the teacher buys the supplies it doesn't matter though!

 

I think I'm going with community supplies. I teach K and I think it is more appropriate for that age.

 

By 4th and 5th, I expect my students to keep track of their own supplies. The only thing I take is the looseleaf paper and tissues.

 

We do this as well. Most kids buy participate and it actually helps us make money in the process. The only problem is last year our team lead checked the wrong box (she selected folders with out brads instead of folders with brads) and so all our kids who ordered got folders without brads.

And then all the kids who do not participate end up getting slightly different shades of green and a diffferent brand but its okay for me to deal with.

 

Well, as I stated earlier, I personally do care. I'd rather know that his work and projects are being done with the materials I bought him - for the same reason that I buy those same materials for my students - they work better (ex: Crayola vs RoseArt crayons). And honestly, he's our only child, and will always be an only child, so I do have enough time on my hands to be concerned about that kind of thing. Whatever...for us it's not a huge concern as our school district does not use the community supply idea. They believe in letting children have personal responsibility for their own materials. We are all different.