Free school supplies for all city of Buffalo kindergartners
All kindergarteners in Buffalo Public Schools and across parts of New York State are receiving a free school supply kit. National Grid is providing the supplies for distribution through The Teacher’s Desk in Buffalo. WBFO’s senior reporter Eileen Buckley says the items were handed out to the first round of city school students Thursday.
The young students were excited to receive the Yoobi school supply packs. It’s a blue, rectangle box filled with some pencils, markers, crayons, eraser and a ruler. New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia appeared in Buffalo at The Teacher’s Desk to help hand out the supplies.
A federal survey found that 94-percent of school teachers across the United States buy their own supplies and some find it a hardship.
That’s why in Buffalo, The Teacher’s Desk offers teachers a place to shop free-of-charge. More than 10,000 kindergarten students in the state will receive the supplies.
“They will have those distributed in four our ‘most-at-risk’ areas, Buffalo and Syracuse, Albany and in down towards New York City area,” Elia noted.
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