BIDDEFORD — Trying to figure what school supplies are essential for their children can be a nightmare at this time of year for parents, but a handy new website may now ease some of that tension.

New the parental backpack of tricks this summer is TeacherLists.com, a site that details local school supply lists well in advance of the first day of classes.

Website navigation is simple and provides parents with their child’s exact school supply list and convenient ordering to pre-filled shopping carts on Target, Walmart, Jet.com or Amazon for immedate shipment right to their home. 

Some stories such as Target and Walmart also offer in store pick-up from online ordering through TeacherLists.com.

Area schools participating on the website has grown throughout the summer and continues to expand for students in York County.   

So far, supply lists are available for Biddeford High School, Biddeford Intermediate School, Biddeford Middle School, Biddeford Primary School, the Biddeford Regional Center for Technology, and John F. Kennedy Memorial School in Biddeford.

Supply lists also are available for Dayton Consoliated School, St. James School, Buxton Center Elementary School and The Master’s House.  

“For decades, the supply list process has been a frustration for parents,” said John Driscoll, TeacherLists.com president. “Where to find the lists? When are they available? Forgetting the list on the counter at home. Hunting the aisles for the specific items their teacher has requested. All of those issues are solved with TeacherLists.com.”

Driscoll said that more than 50,000 schools nationally have lists posted on TeacherLists and more lists for than a million classrooms are live on the site.

Some lists include required and requested items as well as specific notes and clarifications from teachers and school staff.

For complete information about the website, visit www.teacherlists.com/parents

— Executive Editor Ed Pierce can be reached at 282-1535 ext. 326 or by email at [email protected]

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