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4. this is one thing Mississippi, of all places, gets right

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 07:13 PM

Aug 2014

In the Constitution of MS the phrase a right to a free and public education appears and that has been defined to mean that a MS school child can't be expected to have to buy anything at all. It is all supplied by the school.

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School's back on - and the parents are struggling (toon) [View all] Mira Aug 2014 OP

We need a toon showing how teachers have to spend hundreds of own $$$$ NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #1

Does your teachers credit union enlightenment Aug 2014 #2

I no longer teach, but GF is a second grade teacher, I'll pass this on. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #3

Oh, I agree absolutely. enlightenment Aug 2014 #5

Last year I went to a PTA meeting christx30 Aug 2014 #14

Thank you. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #15

I'm thankful there are people christx30 Aug 2014 #16

Where do you teach? WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2014 #7

CSN. enlightenment Aug 2014 #12

Thanks, and back at you! WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2014 #18

Precisely. enlightenment Aug 2014 #19

this is one thing Mississippi, of all places, gets right dsc Aug 2014 #4

Well, hell!!! Thank God for Mississippi! Those of us in the Southern states always use japple Aug 2014 #9

That's wonderful. DamnYankeeInHouston Aug 2014 #11

Same with N.J. If its required, schools gotta pay for it. Hoppy Aug 2014 #13

If they became a corporation I wonder if they could write it off rpannier Aug 2014 #8

Now that I run my own preschool, I get to write off all of my business expenses. DamnYankeeInHouston Aug 2014 #10

Neither teachers nor parents should have to go through this. RandySF Aug 2014 #20

And private schools are no easier on supplies. RandySF Aug 2014 #6

I remember going to the school supply every year with my mother and buying a carload of supplies BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #17