Article posted: 10/12/2012 11:43 AM

Des Plaines teacher gets $1,000 in school supplies

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Pictured are: Todd Struble, Dean Chapman, Ellen Caya, Marilyn Jackson, Jennifer Larison-Augustine, Anne Brinkmann, Jen Edwards, Plainfield Principal Guillermo Heredia and Jennifer Bergstrom (seated).

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More than 90 percent of teachers spend their own money on basic school supplies for their students, according to a recent survey. Recently, local OfficeMax representatives surprised Des Plaines' Plainfield Elementary School teacher, Jennifer Bergstrom, with $1,000 worth of school supplies.