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Just curious how making the parents supply Kleenex and soap make sense to you? Are your school taxes so low that you feel OK donating extra? Surely the school could get a much better price if they bought a truckload of Kleenex and soap.

Compared to the issues that led us to homeschooling these are trivial, but these little things sometimes lead to a deeper understanding of how the schools are (mis)managed.

Just curious how making the parents supply Kleenex and soap make sense to you? Are your school taxes so low that you feel OK donating extra? Surely the school could get a much better price if they bought a truckload of Kleenex and soap.

LOL. It only made sense in NYC because the janitors were taking every case of toilet paper and paper towels and Kleenex and soap and SELLING it all at discount prices. It went on for years. And we had to hear over and over how "the poor children have no toilet paper. We need more money!"

And on the other end of the system, the city bought textbooks at the highest price, no discount (no doubt because somebody was getting kickbacks from the publisher). Giuliani suggested buying the same books from Amazon, and his suggestion was met with scorn. "Our children deserve the best! We need more money!"

It's criminal, and nothing will ever really change. I'm so glad I never had children. I'd have to homeschool. :P

It made sense to me only because they said they needed it, and I didn't find it enough of an issue to be concerned about. I'm always reading about how the schools need supplies, and the schools here had big cutbacks. My employer made a $25million donation to make up some of the deficit. I really don't know how much my school taxes are. My property taxes are 1.5 or 2.0% (I think -- sorry).

My son is receiving an excellent education in the schools in our town, and I don't find any evidence of the things I read about here. They don't have homosexuals coming and talking to the class, they allow religious t-shirts and have clubs for Republicans, as well as Christian or religious clubs. His school newspaper features opinions from conservatives in the editorial section.

I have been involved with his schools since he started, although now he's in high school so I don't go to the school during school hours, as I did in elementary school. Now I just volunteer on a committee that meets in the evening. The school he attends is a public school, and is ranked in the top 25 in the country in the big survey done every year (I think by US News and World Report).

Surely the school could get a much better price if they bought a truckload of Kleenex and soap.

Or skipped kleenex and just used that rolled emory paper they pass off for butt-wipe!