Classrooms will soon be filled again, but along with the return of occupied desks and bustling hallways are new economic pressures. With inflation reaching a 40-year high , it’s not just gas and groceries that cost more but also markers, glue sticks and countless other school supplies. In readying kids for the academic year, families with elementary through high school children expect to spend about $864 on school items — $15 more than last year — according to the National Retail Federation . The bump is significant when every dollar counts. Cindy Goodman-Leib, executive director of the Jewish Assistance Fund,...