Textbooks and resource books are issued at the beginning of the school year and at other times during the year as required by the teacher. Students are informed regarding which books are their property and which are the property of the school. In most cases, students are provided with a home copy of the larger textbooks so that lugging them back and forth from school is unnecessary (and so they don’t remain in a weather-affected locker). Students are required to replace or pay for any school-owned textbooks, library books and supplies given to them if they become damaged or lost.