Parents at many schools in Limestone County won’t have to pay for school supplies this year.
The school system is covering all school supplies for Title I schools. Schools that qualify for Title I funding have a large percentage of low-income students as determined by the number of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Principal Candy Jones leads the school with the highest rate of poverty in the district, Tanner Elementary School. She says parents are excited when they realize they don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars on school supplies because many of them live on a fixed income and have multiple children…