http://www.northescambia.com/2010/04/back-to-school-sales-tax-holiday-headed-back Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:01:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2010/04/back-to-school-sales-tax-holiday-headed-back/comment-page-1#comment-38553 The voice of common sense Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:44:13 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=15909#comment-38553 For some families, this is the only way they can afford to buy the things they need to get for their kids for school. And don't kid yourself into thinking that these programs such as Cram the Van will help these kids because for two years now, I have asked about this program. What I've been told each time is that they distribute these to the schools and the schools are in charge of distributing these items. When I talk to the schools, they always say that it will be taken care of and these kids will have the items on their supply list on their desks on the first day of school. It doesn't work that way. The supplies are never there and when the kids tell their teachers that their supplies should be there, they are told that they don't know anything about it. When you talk to the principals, they say that they don't know anything about it either and there are no supplies there to be given. I want to know who gets these supplies because the kids I have referred to this are about as needy as they come. One family has four children, the dad lost his job and has been unable to find another and the mom is experiencing health problems and unable to work. Their only income is unemployment (less than $1000 per month) and foodstamps. They can barely pay their bills, much less buy school supplies for four kids. What are they to do? Without the sales tax holiday, they can hardly buy anything for their children. For some families, this is the only way they can afford to buy the things they need to get for their kids for school.
And don’t kid yourself into thinking that these programs such as Cram the Van will help these kids because for two years now, I have asked about this program. What I’ve been told each time is that they distribute these to the schools and the schools are in charge of distributing these items. When I talk to the schools, they always say that it will be taken care of and these kids will have the items on their supply list on their desks on the first day of school. It doesn’t work that way. The supplies are never there and when the kids tell their teachers that their supplies should be there, they are told that they don’t know anything about it. When you talk to the principals, they say that they don’t know anything about it either and there are no supplies there to be given.
I want to know who gets these supplies because the kids I have referred to this are about as needy as they come. One family has four children, the dad lost his job and has been unable to find another and the mom is experiencing health problems and unable to work. Their only income is unemployment (less than $1000 per month) and foodstamps. They can barely pay their bills, much less buy school supplies for four kids. What are they to do? Without the sales tax holiday, they can hardly buy anything for their children.

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