Strict supplies list per teacher

[kitkatbar]

Originally Posted by ClaraC

There weren't kids who came to school wholly without supplies when I was a kid. There were kids who lost their pencils or ran out of notebook paper, but no one arrived empty-handed.

The reality is, there are kids who do show up with nothing. It is not their fault. They did not ask to be born into a less privileged situation than their peers, and having that rubbed in their faces for 8 hours a day as everyone gets out folders, uses scissors, uncaps highlighters, crayons, and glues with gluesticks that their parents did not/could not provide is cruel. Whatever broke down in that equation isn't the kid's fault. And if you think a classroom is going to function smoothly in a scenario where 8 kids are sitting around with no supplies while all the privileged kids happily participate...

[looker009]

In California it's illegal for school to require that you purchase school supplies. All school supplies are voluntary. Legally school must provide students with anything they need to do their work, yes even pencil and paper

[Oldhag1]

Originally Posted by looker009

In California it's illegal for school to require that you purchase school supplies. All school supplies are voluntary. Legally school must provide students with anything they need to do their work, yes even pencil and paper

That’s fine, if that’s what the taxpayers of California want, provided it’s the schools who have to pay for it, and not the teachers.