Wake Ed Partnership’s Tools 4 Schools: Teachers deal with footing the bill for school supplies ahead of first day of classes [Video]

APEX, N.C. (WTVD) — Nancy Cattrell is going into her 17th year of teaching. During that time, Cattrell has spent thousands of dollars to get her classroom ready for students.

She’s a science teacher at Apex Friendship High School and this year, for the first time, she’s taking advantage the Wake Ed Partnership’s Tools 4 Schools.

That’s a program set up that allows educators to grab some supplies for free using a point system. However, with more than 10,000 teachers employed in the Wake County Public School System, they are limited in how many items they can take.

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Cattrell said she put a good dent in her list and saved about a $120 using the Tools 4 Schools system.

She couldn’t cross off everything and needed to go to a big box store to get more and get the last remaining things …