I doubt it.
I don’t know about the average teacher but my wife spends at least that. We buy paper toner and ink. Pencils and pens. Toys for the prize box. Books. Composition notebooks. Art supplies. Did you know that kids love whiteout tape? Little storage boxes. Tools. Furniture. Now I admit we use ebay and thrift shops and back to school sales to keep prices down. And this also doesn’t take into account the time on weekends and evenings spent looking for the stuff.
Average? I don’t know.
I wouldn’t be surprised if my kids teacher spent a decent amount of money out of pocket but she spends on things like Sesame Street educational posters, a class pet, stuff like that. We were responsible for notebooks, pencils, glue etc. the class parent collect donations for all the parties and special events.
I’ve known teachers who’ve spent more... good teachers are forced to do this so liberal ‘elites’ running these education factories have more money for pet projects...
Bad teachers (and there are many of those too) don’t even earn the salaries they’re paid.
Yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I taught middle school Science for 35 years and definitely spent at least $500.00 a year on supplies.