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I would spend June/July stalking the free section of craigslist. Most of this is stuff that in my area comes up in the free offers fairly regularly.
I would also break down your costs better on the gofundme page to explain where the $5,000 figure came from and where it's all going. I'm saying this because that's about double what a typical art room budget is for the year where I teach; and you're using the supplies for art-related activities in a history class, so that can be hard to understand.
I took a look at the items you listed, and priced them out on amazon, trying to be overly generous in quantities, and it didn't even come out to a third of what you are requesting.
$100: 50 3 ring binders
$175: 125 spiral notebooks
$24: 2000 index cards
$210: 10000 sheets colored light weight construction paper
$84: 20000 sheets white copy paper
$160: 500 poster boards
$202: 72 packs of colored pencils, 24ct
$110: 60 boxes of 24ct crayons
$30: 90 glue sticks
$50: 30 rolls masking tape
$20: 20 rolls generic scotch tape
$13.50 12 rolls of packing tape
$83: 48 packs of fine point markers,
$106: 48 packs of thick markers
$100: 375 ft of clear shelf liner to protect student's work.
$50: 2,800 yards of yarn in 20 assorted colors
$16.50: 3,000 yards of lightweight fishing twine
$28.50: 5,000 feet twine/kite string
Total: $1562.50
It seems like "another 3400 in other miscellaneous expenses" is a lot to request through gofundme.
The teachers where I work have the best luck with gofundme when they ask for something very specific and can quote a price - like "this projection machine - here's a link and the price." It comes across less like a slush fund going to the teacher's pocket with no accountability.
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