Instead of school supply lists, Lawton has created a supply fee for the 2025-26 school year of $40 per child. Send your student with a backpack, a water bottle and a pair of headphones labelled with their name in the fall. We’ll have the rest waiting for them. You can pay your fee online through SchoolPay on The Source now or in September.  

Lawton’s Building Leadership Team supported the move to a fee because it: 

• Standardizes the supplies students have in the classroom;
• Ensures teachers have all the supplies they need on the very first day of school;
• Allows discrete and consistent provision of supplies for families in need; and
• Eliminates the need for families to spend time trying to find that particular brand of pencil, color of folder, or pack of glue sticks that has the requested number;

Mass purchasing supplies has allowed us to significantly reduce the average supply cost per family. Scholarships/waivers are available if the fee would be a financial burden for your family, so please reach out to Jessica Luke at jaluke@seattleschools with any questions or requests.