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Question for the parents: What happens if you don't supply your kids with exactly what the teacher has requested? Are the kids penalized for having only two pencils if the teacher asked for four? It's not like they're going to be writing with all four pencils at the same time!
Carnation, were your kids penalized for "being unprepared" because they didn't have a second set of supplies for the community chest, even though they had what they needed for themselves? Wendi, was your son penalized if he didn't show up with exactly the right model of Fiskars scissors the very day after losing them?
Another question: On my school district's website, parents are warned that there are items not included in the kits that they will need to buy over the course of the school year - mainly replacement pencils, crayons, glue, etc. as they are used up. The website says to expect to provide your children with 2-4 pencils PER WEEK. Is this realistic?? Children in this age group are not required to have pens, which implies that all assignments are done in pencil - but even so!
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