A local builder has donated $7,500 to buy shoes and uniforms.
And then there is this: "I'm tired of buying new uniforms."
Most public schools were tuition free, although students paid an entrance fee and bought uniforms.
Last year, the school had to buy shoes and uniforms.
Many families do not have enough money to buy uniforms or notebooks for their children.
Mrs. Maysonet said she and her husband did not have enough money to buy the boys new uniforms this year.
There are public programs to offer poor families financial help to buy uniforms.
Clothing allowance: Comes to most members on an annual basis to buy and replace required uniforms.
"I have no money with which to buy uniforms."
More, really, as he no longer had to buy pretty uniforms or keep up expensive social obligations.