School & Pet Peeve. . .

[Melissa Burnell]

I totally agree about schools and fees. After all of the taxes we pay for school and then the book fees every year we still have to pay $45 fee per sport/club that our kids want to participate in. NO after school bus so kids have to find a ride home or not do after school activities. I have already spent over $300 for book fees and I am going on August 14th to register my dd for high school and have to pay $25 gym uniform, $20 sports pass, and some other amount I do not know about yet when I bring her to get her I.D.
Plus, I have not bought any school supplies for her and she has told me that the calculator that is required is $100! When I bought her’s for jr. high it was $40 so that does not surprise me. WAY TOO much money for things that should be paid for by the school district.
Liss wrote: You know, as a Frugal Mom, I have to share a pet peeve that really
grits my teeth every year when school starts. . .

The schools here send a letter home with a list of “Required School
Supplies”.

On this list is the following:

Notebooks (7) – the colors are Specified Per Subject. For example-
science notebook MUST be Blue. Folder for science class must also be
blue.

Excuse Me? What right does a school district have to tell me exactly
what I HAVE to buy right down to the COLORS?? Sure, walmart has
notebooks on sale for .10 each right now, HOWEVER,
the closest
walmart to me is an hour and a half away. I had an overstock of
notebooks that I purchased on sale last year which now I am being
told my children cannot use because they aren’t the correct color?!

Want to know the Kicker? If the kids go to school here and the
supplies don’t match those on the list, the kids get a detention.
Punished because their parents live on a budget?!

I picked up one of those lists at the entrance of walmart when I was
grocery shopping last week. One school district REQUIRED EACH Child
to have 7 new boxes of crayons EACH.

In addition, our school provided me with a bill for $20 per child
for a homework planner they will receive on the first day of school.
I’ve already provided a homework planner for my children, so when I
contacted the school I was told, take it back to the store you have
to use the one the school provides.

Isn’t it interesting how our tax dollars
provide less and less for
the schools these days.

Other items on the list:

2 boxes of tissues
Purell hand cleaner

At what point do parents put their foot down and tell the
schools “NO”?!

~Liss

Diane in IL

Mom to Caitlyn, Coutney & Kristen

DH Scott and Lab Lucy!

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