Buy 12 glue stick, 45 crayons, 6 reames of paper

[csb]

Are you telling me I bought a raffle ticket to support socialism?!

^ that could have been beer $$ at Lambeau!

That's why I'm not buying a car just yet. Dave Ramsey told me to make a beer envelope.

 

[Road Guy]

Why are there band dues? Has public school changed THAT much in the last 15-20 years?

Uniforms, Busses, Instruments, tractor trailer rentals for trips, football games, etc, etc.. Our band is insane, their yearly budget is $140,000! Most "big schools" are similar around the country, The school he would have been in back home was $500 / year..

I am afraid to ask if those students who are not paying their fare share actually participate in any of the many fundraising opportunities available...

 

[engineergurl]

Are you telling me I bought a raffle ticket to support socialism?!

^ that could have been beer $$ at Lambeau!

That's why I'm not buying a car just yet. Dave Ramsey told me to make a beer envelope.

I just have it labled "Entertainment", that way I can use it to buy the good stuff too if it's been a bad day

 

[Ship Wreck PE]

One of our large high schools(~5000) just gives everyone free breakfast and lunch because it was embarrassing the free lunch kids.

 

[Road Guy]

Did the Langdale family approve that

 

[YMZ PE]

I didn't know the free lunch thing spills over into extracurriculars. That's not cool.

 

[Road Guy]

Im not really heartless i promise....

 

[engineergurl]

I didn't know the free lunch thing spills over into extracurriculars. That's not cool.

back in the day our Z-club used to put on a HUGE Christmas party for "under-privlidged" kids and we collected toys and donations etc etc etc... each year most kids got 4 or 5 gifts, one of them often bigger... the list of invited kids always came from the free/reduced lunch list

 

[snickerd3]

yep, the free/reduced list seems to be the key so the schools don't have to set their own criterion. qualify for free or reduced...boom no registration fee. if you are on the reduced list then the fees should be reduced not free.

 

[csb]

Four of the schools here are "universal breakfast", meaning everyone gets fed breakfast, no matter income. It's funded by the USDA.

The sad thing last year was for kids who really do rely on that food. When the lunches got cut back to fit federal guidelines, a lot of time it meant they were still getting served the same lunch stuff as always, just much smaller portions now. I never want to not be able to feed my child, nor do I want to be the kind of person who prioritizes phone/tattoo/car over feeding the kid because someone else will handle that.

Crap. This seems like that thread about the college student who blew through $90K. I feel entitled that I can provide food for my kid.

 

[Road Guy]

They don't have to worry about prioritizing their discretionary spending because someone else is paying for their responsibilities..

My oldest has "earned" the privilege of walking next door to Kroger for lunch if he chooses, (they have a café area for the HS kids to hang out and annoy lunch time shoppers) we told him we pay X a week for school lunch so you can either get a job and pay for your own $6 lunch at Krogers or starve 4 days a week and use the weekly money to buy lunch with your buddies off campus..

 

[mudpuppy]

or starve 4 days a week and use the weekly money to buy lunch with your buddies off campus..

That's what I used to do except I used the money for cigarettes instead of lunch.

 

[snickerd3]

not that 20 minutes is even enough for little kids to eat a lot of food, but the elementary school meal is not much. its just the entree and veggie and milk. not entree fruit and veggie and milk. monday's menu item isn't even remotely healthy...it is cheese stuffed breaksticks (Bosco sticks) with marinara sauce. There was no side listed...marinara sauce is the veggie.

 

[Road Guy]

my younger two (15 & 12) make their own lunch most every day, they totally hate school food, they also walk or bike to school some days in the snow, but not uphill, its flat where we live..

When mine were younger I wouldn't have had time to make them lunch, but now that they are older they can do **** themselves, but it makes them happier to bring what the hell they want...

 

[snickerd3]

minisnick alternates betwn taking a PB&J sandwich and a lunchable.

 

[FLBuff PE]

We make lunches for the kids the night before. Last night that was my duty. We allow MiniBuff #1 to buy lunch once a week. We provide two healthy snacks, fruit, veggie, dairy and main (along with a drink, usually milk). MiniBuff #2's preschool provides 2 snacks during the day.

 

[snickerd3]

so the supply list demanded 4 boxes of crayons...minisnick came home with 2 unopened boxes.  Maybe the supply list needs updating.  And the fancy prange paint, minisnick said he used it once.  WTF?  

 

[Road Guy]

around half way through elem school we just started sending in about half of what was on the list for anything that was over 1 box..

It gets better in MS and HS, but we paid $80 for HS yearbooks and the thing looks like it was edited by me, typos everywhere, pictures are not lined up correctly, just a terrible layout..

 

[knight1fox3]

I was just going to ask, what happens if you don't follow "the list"? :dunno:

 

[kevo_55]

Damn, I need to start doing this. 

Mini-Kevo is going to start Kindergarten in the fall.