This piece of stuff county.
They charge you for as much as they can because they feel the need to have a stuff ton of funding.
My hometown was worse when it came to funds and such but they didn't make people pay...
Um dont blame the country blame your stuffty ass county/parish, state, or district. Your parents vote on how funding is allocated within the school district (At least they do here) so blame your parents for not wanting to pay a little more in taxes so you dont have to pay a ton in "class dues"
EDIT: OOPS you said county. Still applies though.
Only thing we pay for at public school is sports and notebooks and pencils.
Oh thank god I was starting to think I lived in some utopian school district