Spanish school rolls out toilet paper call

A Spanish school that's apparently not flush with cash has added toilet paper to its pupils' back-to-school lists.

A row over a school's toilet paper supply has broken out in a Spanish town, prompting local officials to step in.

The government-run Rafael Garcia Valino primary school in Yepes, south of Madrid, recently sent out a list of supplies students need for class this year.

Among the pens and notebooks was an unexpected item: six rolls of toilet paper.

One parent, Carmen Contreras, complained on her Facebook page that the requirement was "totally surreal".

She said the school told her it did not have enough money for toilet paper.

The ABC newspaper said Yepes town hall has offered to resolve the shortage by supplying rolls for the whole school.


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