Our elementary school used to do the packs and I loved it but they stopped a few years ago.
Like others there's always something crazy or difficult to find, this year the item was .77oz glue sticks, 6 or 8 of them and I'm sorry, but $12 worth of glue sticks isn't happening. I was also pissed about the required Twistable Colored pencils.
I don't ever want a kid to do without because their parents can't/won't contribute and I don't like the teachers having to spend a lot of their own money either. I do get irritated though, all the extras ( extra packs, tissues, wipes, sanitizer, Ziplocs etc really add up ). And this is where I put on my flameetardent suit, I kind of hate the way supplies are thrown into a pot, I'd rather donate extras and let my kid have their own. I'll buy my own kid Ticonderoga pencils because they're awesome, they stay sharp, don't break and last longer, but I can't afford to supply the whole class with them and my kids know they better take care of their stuff because that's it.
High school supplies haven't been nearly as bad.
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Now, some teachers in our high school will offer extra credit for bringing classroom supplies-- like printer paper, cleaning wipes, etc. That's always a nice perk because the students always look forward to extra credit (15 points could mean that you could accidentally forget a daily assignment and it not hurt your grade, or 15 points could help you get THAT much further ahead if you miss a question on a test or something). I ALWAYS advise the students to bring in anything they can reasonably afford to if it means extra credit.
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See I don't like that, it rubs me the wrong way. I don't think you should be able to basically pay for extra-credit. There's no learning or effort involved.