Anonymous wrote:I think you should contact the school board and let them know Boosterton is a disruption and to ban it school wide.
DO they really state that they WANT it? Or is is just a suggested donation amount and they welcome any donation? The latter it the standard in our school. Its not like they put you on a list of who donates 150+Anonymous wrote:My PTA wants $150 from each family. I think that is too much. I already paid $20 to be a PTA member. I can't afford $150.
Anonymous wrote:If you hate Boosterthon so much then go ahead and organize your own fun run for the school. Get some volunteers to assist with it. Raise $40,000 and your school gets to keep it all! Heck, even just raise $20k which would be about your schools take if you went with Boosterthon.
Look, it is very hard for schools to get volunteers to pull off a run like that and raise that type of cash. By hiring Boosterthon, the PTA is essentially hiring a company to do the dirty work of the fundraiser. Dirty work that majority of parents would not do.
Anonymous wrote:I hate Boosterthon. However, my son's school made $47,000 last year. That was after Boosterthon took their cut. $47,000 is a hell of a lot of money. Our PTA dues are only $15. And we've never been asked for any additional money.
We aren't in D.C. anymore and the public schools here wouldn't dream of asking parents to contribute beyond a few dollars in PTA dues.
Anonymous wrote:I hate Boosterthon. However, my son's school made $47,000 last year. That was after Boosterthon took their cut. $47,000 is a hell of a lot of money.
Anonymous wrote:Have either of you been involved with fundraising for your schools? I've served as the fall fundraiser chair for my kid's school and it is very hard to get donations. For that fundraiser we just ask parents to write a check. And last year we even tried incentives as well. It did not work....its hard to even get 40% participation. People don't ask their relatives for donations to the school with a fundraiser like that.
My school did the Boosterthon last year and it was a huge success. We've never had so much money raised. Our school does not have a large volunteer base and Boosterthon allowed us to raise money without worrying about who will volunteer to help. Yes, they do take a 45% cut - but how much of a cut do wrapping paper companies take? Or boy scout popcorn? Etc., etc.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you hate Boosterthon so much then go ahead and organize your own fun run for the school. Get some volunteers to assist with it. Raise $40,000 and your school gets to keep it all! Heck, even just raise $20k which would be about your schools take if you went with Boosterthon.
Look, it is very hard for schools to get volunteers to pull off a run like that and raise that type of cash. By hiring Boosterthon, the PTA is essentially hiring a company to do the dirty work of the fundraiser. Dirty work that majority of parents would not do.
No -- by hiring Boosterthon, the PTA is essentially hiring a company to get the kids to do the dirty work of the fundraiser for free.
I don't care about the 48%. But don't spend my kids' in-school time trying to turn my kids into Boosterthon's fundraisers.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP, simply don't let your child participate. Our FCPS did it lasg spring, and we wouldn't let our kids have any part in the How to Be an Effective Salesperson program, disguised as a school fundraiser.
These guys/strangers are in the school all week, and teach the kids to refer to them by cutesy, familiar names such as Awesome Albert or Jumpin' Jim Flash, that kind of thing. They take away from instructional time with rah-rah kinds of activities and pointing out who got the most pledges, and giving out cheap and crappy trinkets for it.
They make the kids recite cheers about selling, and repeat phrases about sales and the program.
We have a bully PTA that does what it wants, so don't tell me to try to change things through the regular channels. I just don't let them take any part in it.
OP, here. We are not going to participate. DC came home today saying "Ally Rally" came and talked to the class about how the school should try to get donations from all 50 states. And if they do there will be a fun prize.