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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 commercials are officially in overdrive.

In Scarsdale, students will head back to the

For the parents and caregivers out there, that means lots of shopping for notebooks, backpacks, laptops and locker decor in the next few weeks.

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?

Share your comments below and vote in our survey!

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Kim May 19, 2013 at 11:46 am
If this is happening in a community like Scarsdale, then as a taxpayer I am irritated. Where are allRead More the taxes going if teachers are paying for their own classroom supplies? There has to be some degree of accountability regarding our tax dollars. We are the highest-taxed county in the nation and we can't afford notebooks and post-it notes? As a community member, I am not going to "lend a hand." I already do that with my tax dollars.