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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
I started to put the little laughing icon here but decided that would be a wee bit snarky. When I was in High School (grades 9-12), we had to buy our books. Same was true when my kids were in High School. If a book was discontinued at the end of the year, the book store wouldn't buy them back (when it would buy them back, you got only 50% of face value if in pristine value; essentially, you were renting them).
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I'm curious what school districts you're talking about. What would those districts do if you couldn't afford the books? I'd bet they could be successfully challenged in court if they denied you an education because you couldn't afford them. Maybe those school districts got away with it, because parents could afford books and no one complained. Or they somehow accommodated needy parents. Some schools do things that violate students' rights, and they get by with it, till one student complains or sues. I'd bet that that would happen if schools started requiring tablets and making all parents pay for them.