Yes, I agree. They probably ask for so many items because half the parents, for one reason or another, don't supply everything asked for, which leads to the sharing. I just think the items are getting carried away. What happened to one binder, one pack of pencils, and a pack of glue sticks, like when I was a kid?? And your story reminded me of a good one. My much younger brother has dyslexia/adhd and his iep states that he gets directions repeated more then once. In 2nd grade his teacher would not allow him to have a snack at snack time and sent home a note that said he can have snack when he learns to follow directions the FIRST time they are given. I thought my mom was going to get arrested for what she wanted to do to that teacher! She lawyered up instead! (That was one of many, many issues and school district ended up paying for a special school).
