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Back to School: What's on Your Shopping List?
Parents spend about $688 on back-to-school expenses. What is the number one item you shop for to get the kids ready for school?
From Staples to Target to DSW, the back-to-school commercials are officially in overdrive.
In the Tarrytown Union Free School District, students K-12 will head back to the classroom after Labor Day on September 6. (Sorry parents, but Pre-K starts later on Wednesday, Sept. 19).
For the parents and caregivers out there, that means lots of shopping for notebooks, backpacks, laptops and locker decor in the next few weeks.
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On average, folks with kids in grades K-12 will spend $688.62 on back-to-school supplies this year, according to a survey by the National Retail Foundation. That's up from the average of $603.63 last year, the NRF reports.
What is the must-have item that tops your list this year? Is it clothes, shoes, notebooks, technology?
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