Arlington schools dues

[Anonymous]

My north Arlington elementary school keeps telling parents to pay their dues. WTH is the PTA fundraiser for?

Dues are for parties , field trips (none this year), supplies (kits we parents already bought last year).

[Anonymous]

Are the dues to join the pta which is optional?

[Anonymous]

Is this your third post about the same topic? Just name the school and one of us can help you. There are no dues. It’s an optional donation.

[Anonymous]

We have a field trip next week. It pays for t shirts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this your third post about the same topic? Just name the school and one of us can help you. There are no dues. It’s an optional donation.

OP, I'll send your school a check if you promise to STFU about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are the dues to join the pta which is optional?

No.

[Anonymous]

Do you mean for class dues for teacher gifts and such?

[Anonymous]

It pays for outside benches for lunch, additional professional development for teachers not covered by APS, balls for recess, extra instruments that aren’t in the normal budget, appreciation lunches for teachers and staff, ice cream trucks to come to school celebrations, trips to the outdoor lab, books in other languages for English learning students, and on and on.

[Anonymous]

OP, this doesn’t make any more sense than it did the last time you posted it. Who is sending you these dues requests? The PTA? The room parent? He principal? You need to post a coherent answer or we can’t do anything to help you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It pays for outside benches for lunch, additional professional development for teachers not covered by APS, balls for recess, extra instruments that aren’t in the normal budget, appreciation lunches for teachers and staff, ice cream trucks to come to school celebrations, trips to the outdoor lab, books in other languages for English learning students, and on and on.

So in other words, a bunch of crap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, this doesn’t make any more sense than it did the last time you posted it. Who is sending you these dues requests? The PTA? The room parent? He principal? You need to post a coherent answer or we can’t do anything to help you.

Principal. It is not the pta.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, this doesn’t make any more sense than it did the last time you posted it. Who is sending you these dues requests? The PTA? The room parent? He principal? You need to post a coherent answer or we can’t do anything to help you.

Principal. It is not the pta.

What school is this? I have never heard of a principal demanding that parents pay school dues.

[Anonymous]

Isn't there are a school fee? We get a line in the weekly email about it, but no one is demanding we pay it. But I mean news flash. Public schools don't get enough money to do all the things they do. So if you have the money donate, if not ignore the request.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, this doesn’t make any more sense than it did the last time you posted it. Who is sending you these dues requests? The PTA? The room parent? He principal? You need to post a coherent answer or we can’t do anything to help you.

Principal. It is not the pta.

How big is the ESOL budget at your school? Specials to help kids catch up? That’s where taxpayer dollars are going.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, this doesn’t make any more sense than it did the last time you posted it. Who is sending you these dues requests? The PTA? The room parent? He principal? You need to post a coherent answer or we can’t do anything to help you.

Principal. It is not the pta.

What school is this? I have never heard of a principal demanding that parents pay school dues.

+1

I've heard of a teacher collecting money at the beginning of the year for specific things (field trip I think?).