School Supplies Cost

Leila Harper, Beyond the Gates Editor|August 15, 2020

The average costs of school supplies for high school students.

This story first ran in August 2018.

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Leila Harper is a reader. A resident Californian, she has always been more adept in speaking out in the written form. Now a Senior, she enjoys reading,...

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