Comments | socmomx3: School Fees!

socmomx3

School Fees!

Aug 15, 2007 11:04

Okay, so what do our taxes pay for at school! Nothing i say, i went to register the middle one and he has to have 3 things a planner, a p.e. tshirt and a math workbook, every student is required to pay these. All of these cost $25 bucks and a yearbook was $30. So today we have to register the oldest one and he will need $25 bucks for these plus who ( Read more... )

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kymry August 15 2007, 18:05:08 UTC

Taxes pay for the buildings, maintenance and personell... and there never is enough to go around, especially for the teacher's salaries.

In a perfect world the highest paid job in the world would be kindergarten and elementary school teachers. Instead we pay the big bucks to dropouts who become actors and sports celebrities. Go figure. No wonder you have to buy that math workbook yourself.

talvarelse August 15 2007, 18:41:53 UTC

Don't get me started. Try $65 for a yearbook. Something Kota will likely never have, at this rate. Thankfully, he seems wholly uninterested- I asked him about it once and he looked at me like I was crazy. His jewelry class is $35 a semester, there was another $25 for his journalism class (newspaper), and sports are $150- guess what else he's probably never doing!- $10 for whichever stupid test it is for 10th grade, $20 "technology fee", and a bunch of others I can't even remember now. It's totally out of control.

SUCkS!!!! socmomx3 August 15 2007, 20:46:39 UTC

And i will have 2 in high school at the same time. The worst thing is they said they sent home a list at the end of school which i never got.

scuzelbut1 August 15 2007, 19:16:31 UTC

I'm afraid the costs only go up with age. For example, the last two years in high school you will owe money for Prom, class ring, cap and gown, graduation fees, and more.

I don't know how my parents did it all with 4 kids.

socmomx3 August 15 2007, 20:45:26 UTC

You are not helping me!

grendel_macg August 16 2007, 13:42:10 UTC

save up all the bill receipts, and when they get older and don't want to mow the lawn tell them "well, there is this small debt I would allow you to repay if mowing the lawn is beyond your means.." : ]

Sweet! socmomx3 August 16 2007, 14:34:23 UTC

I am trying to get them to do most of the chores now. We don't do allowance, I do give them 5 bucks a week for extras they want at school like hot lunch or lattes (that is the library fundraiser thing), That i don't want to pay for and they can use how they see fit or save it. I think they normally have more cash then i do.