Thursday, September 2, 2010 - Page updated at 02:00 a.m.
JIM BATES / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Elizabeth Lopez shops for back-to-school supplies at the West Seattle Target store on Tuesday with her daughters Breanna, 10, in fifth grade, and Bianca, 5, in kindergarten. Read story
If you think your kids' school-supply list is getting longer, you're probably right. Cash-strapped school districts are requiring parents and often teachers to provide school supplies that now may include things like more than enough pencils for the entire class to Clorox wipes.

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