Sign of the times - school supplies

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

My son is unemployed and has been for well over a year. I offered to take his two girls school shopping and I downloaded the list of supplies from their school. Even with no taxes this weekend and buy literally everything on sale I spent a little over $500. New shoes, 2 pairs of jeans, 3 t-shirts, 2 dresses, socks, underwear, and supplies.

I've been out of this game for a long time, is this kind of list normal?

Here's the lists:

The girls' list

Kindergarten
8 fat glue sticks
2 boxes of tissues
1 box of zip top bags (gallon size)
2 large bottles of hand sanitizer
24 count box crayons (skinny)
washable primary colored markers (8 count pack)
small plastic pencil box
1 pack of fat pencils (2 count)
1 pack of no. 2 pencils (12 count)
1 primary composition book (with space for pictures on top)
1 pack of sticky notes

3rd grade
3 boxes of tissues
8 plastic folders (pocket & 3 prongs)
6 composition books (50 sheets, no spiral)
2 packs of no. 2 pencils (24 count)
big pink erasers (3)
6 fat glue sticks (no gel)
3 packs of notebook paper (wide ruled)
24 count box crayons (skinny)
2 boxes colored pencils (12 count)
4 Jumbo highlighters (yellow)
Sticky Notes
multiplication flash cards
1 box of gallon size zip top bags
1 box of sandwich size zip top bags
1 container of disinfecting wipes
4 large bottles of hand sanitizer
2 cans of disinfecting Spray