Brownsville, Texas—This year marks a first for Kelly Taliancich and her mother, Gracie — the first time they shop for school supplies from a BISD list.
Kelly, 10, is making the change from Episcopal Day School to Hudson Elementary, where she’ll enroll in the fifth grade.
“I wanted my daughter to get a group of friends she would move on to middle school with,” said Gracie, who always planned for her daughter to attend public schools after elementary.
The Brownsville Independent School District list is more manageable than private school supply lists, Gracie said. “When I saw the list, I told (Kelly) we can get this in 5 minutes.”
“The amount of things asked for” by private schools was the greatest difference between its public counterpart. “They (private school) asked for water colors and drawing pads,” Gracie said.
“Oh and 96 colors, instead of 24,” Kelly added, referring to the 24 crayon box requisite for public school.
Besides the school supply breakdown, mother and daughter’s most debated change is regular clothes vs. uniform, something they had yet to settle a few weeks before school began.
“I’m very excited to not be wearing uniform after six years,” Kelly said, not able to contain her smile.
To which Gracie replied “we’ll see,” admitting that she would rather Kelly wear uniform at least one day out of the week.
Some public schools will require their own version of a “uniform,” which could include khaki slacks or jeans with a school-colored polo shirt.
The Brownsville Herald
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