University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 4, 1987
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City schools starting soon
Children, parents again stocking up on school supplies
By BRIAN BARESCH Staff writer
Time for pencils, time for books, time for teachers' dirty looks for Lawrence schoolchildren
Class doesn't begin until Tuesday morning, but the kids and their parents are already planning ahead, enrolling and tracking down supplies.
Patty Breedlove, who will start the second grade at Broken Arrow Elementary School, 2704 Louisiana St., wasn't exactly looking forward to school yesterday as she and her mother, Jean, of Lawrence, hunted for the required water colors, modeling clay and bottles of glue.
What was school like last year?
"Mostly boring things," Patty said.
It wasn't all drudgery, though.
We learned about the moon, and Saturn and all the other planets," she recalled. Her favorite part of school, though, is gym.
"We play with hoops, and swing on ropes, and do log rolls," she said. Patty had to be prompted; like many youngsters at the end of summer, she would rather not think about school at all.
The prospect of staying in school
ior another 10 years didn't thrill Patty, and she didn't agree when her mother, thinking about time spent rearing her, said, "It seems like it's
The instant demand for crayons,rulers,scissors, clay and pencils has the large discount stores hopping. Randy White, merchandising assistant manager at K mart, 3106 Iowa St., said the youngsters and returning KU students kept the store busy the last two weeks.The younger ones were less controlled.
going by so fast" Patty is Jean Brewleoy's only child.
Of course, the instant demand for crayons, rulers, scissors, clay and pencils has the large discount stores hopping. Randy White, merchandising assistant manager at K mart, 3106 Iowa St., said the youngsters and returning KU students kept the store busy the last two weeks. The younger ones were less controlled.
"They can't keep them out of the toy department," he said.
Marquita Jacka, assistant manager at Gibson's Discount Center, 2525 Iowa, said that she expected business to pick up even more once school got under way and that it had already been busy.
been busy.
Jacka also said that the children seemed to pay more attention to the toys than to the academics.
none of the stores reported a problem with keeping supplies in stock, except that pointed scissors were in very short supply. "Our truck just came be out of them, too, because we didn't get any." Jacka said.
Along with scissors, crayons and modeling clay, the required items for Lawrence elementary schools include water colors, markers, rulers, glue, pencils, writing tablets and a box to carry it all in.
Dave Nielberg/KANSAN Casie Akerberg, a second-grader at Wakarusa Valley Elementary School, picks out supplies for her first day of school with the help of her mom, Cindy Akerberg. Casie's first day of school is Tuesday.
Dave Niebergall/KANSAN
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