School Supply Lists

monster · 09-10-2009, 11:51 AM

After reading the rants in the "what's making you unhappy" thread and learning that school children need 84 pencils, and remembering Clod's backpack deal, I wondered what the maximum number of pencils ever requested was and what were the most bizarre things schools have ever asked parents to supply their darlings with.

My query was answered in one list I found on Reddit

Quote:

Dear School Teacher, Please minimize the school supply list before I start thinking you are getting a kickback.

My 2 sons are getting ready for school and they both need supplies.

THE LIST handed out by the school includes 144 #2 pencils, 6 folders, 3-250 packs of paper, 6 glue sticks, 6 dry erase markers, 3 rolls of paper towels, 1 box of baby wipes, 3-21 watt CFL lightbulbs, and about 20 other things, EACH!

I have seen the class room and it has 4 foot florescent light fixtures--where do you plan on using the CFL bulbs? Are these for your house? Until I see a lamp IN THE CLASSROOM that can accommodate a CFL, I am not sending any $5 lightbulbs to school with my kids.

I understand that some parents will be sending their kids to school with no supplies but enough is enough! And, since I did buy 288 pencils and 1500 sheets of paper, you folks had better be planning on homework and lots of it! By Spring, my kids had better have compiled the Great American Novel of homework and actually used those supplies--if I find out that THE LIST is feeding some strange office-supply-fetish instead, I am not going to be happy!

144 pencils and light bulbs?!!1!1?

can you top that?

TheMercenary · 09-10-2009, 11:56 AM

There is hope when they get older it goes more like:
Gas card.
Car.
Laptop Computer.
Laundry Basket.

Shawnee123 · 09-10-2009, 12:01 PM

Jebus. When I was a kid:

Little cardboard decorated box
Wooden ruler
Couple pencils
Eraser
Tiny pencil sharpener
maybe a marker or two
16 Crayolas in varying colors (can still hear Sister What'sHerFace: kids? Get out your crayolas!)

There was no list: we just took what we wanted. Maybe there was more going on behind the scenes than I knew of.

Cloud · 09-10-2009, 12:07 PM

Slightly non responsive, but BD#2 asked me to help with school supplies this year (as I normally do). The neat thing is grandson #1's school had it all set up over the internet--you just buy all the supplies in one package and they deliver it to the school on the first day. Very efficient!

I may have already mentioned this; if so, plz forgive

glatt · 09-10-2009, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

The neat thing is grandson #1's school had it all set up over the internet--you just buy all the supplies in one package and they deliver it to the school on the first day. Very efficient!

Our school has that too. We did it last year, and they didn't fill our order correctly and there was nobody to complaint to about it. We ended up shopping for some stuff ourselves anyway. Plus the cost is around 20% higher than if you buy the stuff yourself.

Cloud · 09-10-2009, 12:25 PM

I thought it was kind of a good deal. Apparently they worked out a deal to get the supplies in bulk and pass on the discount. Don't know if they got his order right though (this is in Portland)

monster · 09-10-2009, 01:10 PM

So You might as well just send your kid to school with cash?

Clodfobble · 09-10-2009, 01:43 PM

Our school has that option, except there's no possibility for screwing up the order because the school actually does the ordering and assembling themselves. You just go to the school and say you want one of teacher X's package, and hand over your money. PTA volunteers put everything together and deliver it to the teacher.

busterb · 09-11-2009, 07:54 PM

When I went to school, and walked, uphill both ways, you could get pencils for 2 for a nickel. A note pad was same. Lunch was 20 cents.
Are kids any smarter today? Damnifino

monster · 09-11-2009, 10:50 PM

You got lucky, bb. when we walked uphill both ways, it was snowy, so we didn't get pencils and paper, we just wrote in the snow. The usual way. And then for lunch, we ate what was still white.

jinx · 09-11-2009, 11:21 PM

You had white snow?

09-10-2009, 12:01 PM	#3
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Jebus. When I was a kid: Little cardboard decorated box Wooden ruler Couple pencils Eraser Tiny pencil sharpener maybe a marker or two 16 Crayolas in varying colors (can still hear Sister What'sHerFace: kids? Get out your crayolas!) There was no list: we just took what we wanted. Maybe there was more going on behind the scenes than I knew of. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-10-2009, 12:07 PM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Slightly non responsive, but BD#2 asked me to help with school supplies this year (as I normally do). The neat thing is grandson #1's school had it all set up over the internet--you just buy all the supplies in one package and they deliver it to the school on the first day. Very efficient! I may have already mentioned this; if so, plz forgive __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-10-2009, 12:25 PM	#6
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I thought it was kind of a good deal. Apparently they worked out a deal to get the supplies in bulk and pass on the discount. Don't know if they got his order right though (this is in Portland) __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-10-2009, 01:10 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	So You might as well just send your kid to school with cash? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-10-2009, 01:43 PM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Our school has that option, except there's no possibility for screwing up the order because the school actually does the ordering and assembling themselves. You just go to the school and say you want one of teacher X's package, and hand over your money. PTA volunteers put everything together and deliver it to the teacher. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-10-2009, 11:56 AM	#2
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	There is hope when they get older it goes more like: Gas card. Car. Laptop Computer. Laundry Basket. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-11-2009, 07:54 PM	#9
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	When I went to school, and walked, uphill both ways, you could get pencils for 2 for a nickel. A note pad was same. Lunch was 20 cents. Are kids any smarter today? Damnifino __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

09-11-2009, 10:50 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	You got lucky, bb. when we walked uphill both ways, it was snowy, so we didn't get pencils and paper, we just wrote in the snow. The usual way. And then for lunch, we ate what was still white. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-11-2009, 11:21 PM	#11
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	You had white snow? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

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