We live in a fairly poor community. We are 100% Distance Learning. The school specifically told us not to buy school supplies as what we needed would be included in the packet we had to pick up last night (Tuesday) for school start today (Wednesday).
Well - guess what their version of a dry erase board was? A piece of white construction paper inside a sheet protector. We did get a single dry erase marker (generic). It works awful. Now I have to scramble to find one and they're sold out everywhere. These were the only supplies in the packet. (The remainder was paperwork.)
Every single teacher (7 of them) has requested items today. Nothing too unusual, but not all stuff I have on hand. I am so mad - they told us not to buy anything, now I have a whole list I'm supposed to have for him by his Monday morning classes.
Even with that - I'm glad we don't depend on school lunch. They are being passed out at the school - 30+ minutes away, and only from 11:30 to 1pm. And we are by far not driving the farthest. SO - which class do the kids skip so they can get loaded in the car for over an hour to go get lunch??? The price of gas to drive is more than the price of the food, unless you have several kids. I don't see how that is supposed to work. So many here depend on free lunch, I'm so angry for them. Last year was 48% free, and they're estimating 75% or more this year (paperwork isn't back yet).