Half Hollow Hills caps cost of school supplies
Photo credit: Newsday File / Karen Wiles Stabile | In this down economy, purchasing school supplies can be one place where parents, and schools are cutting back.
In the Half Hollow Hills School District, where more than 10,000 students go to school, the district requires that the items on school supply lists can't exceed a cost of $40.
And, the district in western Suffolk County set aside funds in its own budget to purchase items once the responsibility of students and parents.
The goal of these two actions, said assistant superintendent Victor...
