Dear Schools,
I know it’s been a confusing start-of-the-year and we’ve already burned up our makeup days for the hurricane aftermath. I know that you’ve had to change scheduling several times. But I also am aware that the start of school usually occurs around the same time every year, and regardless of the weather conditions or other catastrophes, please, PLEASE, send parents a list of requirements before the first day?
Yesterday was my daughter’s first day of eighth grade. Two weeks ago, we went school supply shopping, which was last -minute considering that we started school seven days later than scheduled. We waited until the last minute because we thought that maybe her teachers would send a list of requirements needed. Such a list never came. So we decided that we would do what we did last year, a large binder with notebooks and folders for every subject, the usual pencils and correcting pens, and a calculator. Anything that was needed after could be purchased, as minimally as we thought it would be.
My daughter got off the bus and proceeded to give me an extensive list of required items, making the $80 worth of supplies I already purchased obsolete before they could even be used. Hopefully, she will be able to use them next year in high school otherwise all that money is wasted.
I understand that teachers have a specific method of teaching and organization. I am willing to cooperate fully. HOWEVER, do not wait until after the school supplies are purchased to tell me what I need to buy. Now tonight, in between hair-cuts and groceries, cooking dinner and doing laundry, I have to drag my ass back to Staples to purchase more crap. Next time, please send a list of items needed before school starts. As I said before, you know that school starts around the same time every year. It doesn’t come as a surprise. It will make life easier for me, my children and my wallet.
Thank you,
Frustrated mother
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