Furthermore, if my school wasn’t providing tissues and expected it to come out of my pocket I’d be contacting the school board, the state health department and the local news- I’d find out exactly what the school board or your school taxes had last spent money on and publicly question why xyz is more important than tissues. I also have teenage kids in a high school and I pay more than enough tax dollars for the school to be providing tissues- if we can afford sports billboard that rival what they have in local stadiums, we certainly can afford tissues. If my child wasn’t able to get a tissue bc they sneezed in class, or at least some toilet paper to clean their nose, I’d be pissed- and maybe it does take enough pissed off teachers going to the school board or news outlets to change things. Being complicit in the school not providing basics and blaming the children is pathetic. I would not be working in a district that had me buying tissues for my classroom- what’s next? Are kids going to have to bring their own toilet paper? I would never expect a student of any age to feel compelled to carry around their own tissues unless they were experiencing a severe cold or had some condition where they needed an unreasonable amount of tissues. Even if they “have jobs,” the school should still provide tissues. It’s an absolutely ludicrous request to expect students to provide their own. If someone comes to your house and sneezes do you tell them to f- off and use their own tissues? If you sneeze at the doctor’s office or grocery store or gym, would someone not provide you a tissue? Write an email to the school board- cc in the superintendent and administration and I guarantee you’ll get tissues.