This Teacher Tried To Play Robin Hood With A Student’s School Supplies, And Parents Are Furious

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“So I’m (31, female) an adoptive mom to an 8-year-old girl named Lilly. We decided to go school supply shopping because I enrolled her in a before-school-starts program.”

“A month before school starts, they learn some extracurricular stuff. Lilly really wanted to join the program, so we went out and bought all the school supplies.”

“I have had problems with people stealing from Lilly, so I made sure to mark everything. We bought all the required supplies, including a clear backpack. To prevent theft, I used E6000 glue to put her name on the clear backpack so no one could take it. It’s bound to happen otherwise.”

“We got a really cute pencil pouch, and I wrote her name with a Sharpie on the inside of the pouch. I also wrote her name on the box of markers and every individual marker. I did the same with the scissors and the glue stick. I basically wrote her name on everything to prevent theft.”

“I sent her to the program, but when Lilly came home, she was upset (though not crying). Apparently, we weren’t supposed to write names on the school supplies because everything was going to be mixed up and distributed to everyone.”

“I called the teacher, and they explained that they didn’t have enough money to get every single kid their own supplies, so they planned on distributing the supplies evenly. The teacher shamed Lilly for it. Now, I don’t know what to do.”