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I will agree to disagree with you on the school uniform issue.
Our school supply list is very similiar to your own. We spend on average about $150 per child each semester, but their supplies are their own. The only class I can think of where things are "pooled" is music/band. Students are required to bring in a packet of blank sheet music. Notebooks and folders are color coded. You can only use your red notebook for math for example, and there can actually be issues if you're in history with a red notebook. When all four kids were in school we just bought supplies by the case. Several classes required more than one notebook. One for notes and one for assignments. Certain English, Science, and Math courses require three or more.
Your comment about the spiderman notebook brought back memories. Since I could not find any teal notebooks anywhere I delegated Yugio notebooks and folders for that class (whatever it was) and I ACTUALLY had to go to the school and explain MY actions! The Yugio ones were black except for the art work, and therefore could have been confused with the "black" class. I went to Walmart, Kmart, Shopko, Office Depot, and Staples looking for those stupid teal notebooks and could not find them anywhere! I call that more than a reasonable effort to comply with their rules.
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I've been married for 24 years and have four wonderful children.
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