Crayons and notebooks and pencils! School supplies are moving toward the top of everyone’s to-do lists as the start of a new school year approaches. Virginia has scheduled a sales tax holiday to help family budgets, which means sales tax will not be collected Aug. 2-4 when you buy qualifying itemslike school supplies, clothing and shoes. Elementary school and middle school families can find supply lists by going to oneccps.org, choosing their school, then locating “school supplies” or “supply list” under the school information tab.

High school students will find out specific needs during the first few days of their classes.