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Chicago parents expect to outspend U.S. average on back-to-school supplies, survey shows

First publishedAug 8, 11:00 UTC
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<p>Mollie Vivoda was squinting at her cellphone while also holding shopping lists at a Target in Bucktown on Wednesday.</p><p>Her three children will be starting school in a couple weeks, and her two daughters joined her for the family's first back-to-school shopping trip. The girls, set to start third and sixth grade, were abuzz with excitement.

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<p>Mollie Vivoda was squinting at her cellphone while also holding shopping lists at a Target in Bucktown on Wednesday.</p><p>Her three children will be starting school in a couple weeks, and her two daughters joined her for the family's first back-to-school shopping trip. The girls, set to start third and sixth grade, were abuzz with excitement. Vivoda's 11-year-old daughter, twin brother and 8-year-old daughter all attend a Chicago Public School in North Center.</p><p>“It’s kind of early for us [to be shopping],” Vivoda, 41, said. “This is just like our launching point.

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<p>Mollie Vivoda was squinting at her cellphone while also holding shopping lists at a Target in Bucktown on Wednesday.</p><p>Her three children will be starting school in a couple weeks, and her two daughters joined her for the family's first back-to-school shopping trip. The girls, set to start third and sixth grade, were abuzz with excitement.
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