Janney auction tickets are $100 a person this year

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure if you can afford a 1.5 mil house you can afford $200 for the auction. Also, you don't have to go.

Are you saying al of the families at Janet live in 1.5 mil houses or is that the average? It’s it’s the average, shouldn’t you care about those below the average? This is sad.

Pretty much. Its about 98% in 1.2 and above. Many now in 1.5+.

Where did you pull that stat? There are many families that bought >10 years ago. There are also renters that are already stretched with their housing and can’t swing $200 to go to a school event. The snobbishness of Janney stinks.

Oh cry me a river. Stretched thin in a million dollar house??? I'm in bounds for Murch and live paycheck to paycheck as a single parent just so my son can go to a decent school. I rent a very old 2 bedroom apartment. There is no way I will ever own in that neighborhood. Anyone who can afford a house zoned for Janney isn't struggling (or at least shouldn't be). Get real.

Maybe you didn’t fully read my post. I clearly said stretched to rent. I have a friend that is a single mom paying $3000 to rent a shack in Janney. She is not wealthy by any means. Doesn’t earn 6 figures. If her ex missed one month of child support, she wouldn’t be able to pay her rent. She is house poor so she can send her kids to Janney. $100 auction ticket is a slap in her face.

I am a single mom too, but I learned a long time ago to live within my means. Anyone who pays $3000 in rent should not be doing so at a stretch.

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But it's a fundraiser, right? So how would they raise money through the auction if not for ticket sales? Where is it being held? Sometimes the way the event is structured makes it difficult for tickets to be cheaper.
I think in order to be inclusive they could come up with a sliding scale for tickets. The event doesn't necessarily have to be at a fancy hotel, it could be a simple affair on the school grounds, or some such.

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Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't she just live in montgomery county for way less money and a school that is as good or better?

I don't get why she is spending her money like that

That’s none of your business but I assume there are many things to take into account. One major one being a single parent working in NW and having to navigate logistics of having kids in various places. Also, how far do you have to go to get a 3 bedroom for less than $3k? Gaithersburg? How good are the schools there? She may be able to get something for $2800 but have to add 2-3 hours of commute to her day at what cost? How good is the school going to be there? People like you that have no clue how really people live each month are really sad.

She could also do have restrictions on where she lives in her divorce agreement. My parents’ agreement had a strict distance clause back in the day that really limited both my parents given other practical constraints.

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Just be glad that other people buy the tickets and the high-priced auction items and that that benefits all the kids at the school. That is the point. Would you rather the school not have the auction funds?

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Anonymous wrote:Just be glad that other people buy the tickets and the high-priced auction items and that that benefits all the kids at the school. That is the point. Would you rather the school not have the auction funds?

Not a Janney parent, but this. The whole reason why Janney is desirable is because the parents are able to fundraise and help improve the school. You can't afford it or don't like to participate? Fine. But why criticize others whose support benefits the whole school?

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They are $85 each. Just keeping it accurate.

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Anonymous wrote:Just be glad that other people buy the tickets and the high-priced auction items and that that benefits all the kids at the school. That is the point. Would you rather the school not have the auction funds?

Not a Janney parent, but this. The whole reason why Janney is desirable is because the parents are able to fundraise and help improve the school. You can't afford it or don't like to participate? Fine. But why criticize others whose support benefits the whole school?

+1 My kid's school (not Janney) does an auction with a $ ticket too. It's part of the reason we have a really good PTA. Not everyone participates, and that's ok. Those who can, do.

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Anonymous wrote:Just be glad that other people buy the tickets and the high-priced auction items and that that benefits all the kids at the school. That is the point. Would you rather the school not have the auction funds?

Not a Janney parent, but this. The whole reason why Janney is desirable is because the parents are able to fundraise and help improve the school. You can't afford it or don't like to participate? Fine. But why criticize others whose support benefits the whole school?

You can have the fundraiser and still raise funds via auction, experiences. My school only charges the per person cost of the event (venue and food, alcohol is donated, don’t need to make a profit on that). Works out to $30-$40. Free tickets for any family that asks (through a dedicated staff member no parents) no questions asked. The funds are raised via donations and auctions. They still raise a significant amount. Personally, I think it’s more important to be inclusive to all families than to make a few extra thousand on door charge. Maybe having a $30 door charge will allow that boarder person to have $50 to buy a gift card. I know it’s all the same money but they’d be impactful thinking they had a direct effect.

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I'm on our elementary's PTA Board and disapprove of school auctions. I understand it brings in money for the school, so I keep my mouth shut, but I do not condone the message that a public school can encourage inequalities, that if you have money, you get more school-related stuff. At our school, shadowing the Principal is auctioned off, or a lunch with the assistant Principal, etc. Tying a relationship with a special teacher or administrator with money is just wrong.

So I don't go. Don't want to see that happening live.

As a teacher I refuse to offer those items.

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The auction IS at the school. It’s a pretty dull affair and I skip it (we pay the requested SFF amount for both kids, so I’ve done my part financially). Judging from my third graders’ parents, many do the same.

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Anonymous wrote:They are $85 each. Just keeping it accurate.

They’re $85 each now and go to $100 each 3 weeks before the auction.

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Anonymous wrote:They are $85 each. Just keeping it accurate.

We got ours for $75 each. It's still a lot of money, but we've also given less money to Janney's PTA this year (including the suggested per-student donation) than we routinely did to the Title I charter our child went to when we lived EOTP.

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Anonymous wrote:Just be glad that other people buy the tickets and the high-priced auction items and that that benefits all the kids at the school. That is the point. Would you rather the school not have the auction funds?

Not a Janney parent, but this. The whole reason why Janney is desirable is because the parents are able to fundraise and help improve the school. You can't afford it or don't like to participate? Fine. But why criticize others whose support benefits the whole school?

You can have the fundraiser and still raise funds via auction, experiences. My school only charges the per person cost of the event (venue and food, alcohol is donated, don’t need to make a profit on that). Works out to $30-$40. Free tickets for any family that asks (through a dedicated staff member no parents) no questions asked. The funds are raised via donations and auctions. They still raise a significant amount. Personally, I think it’s more important to be inclusive to all families than to make a few extra thousand on door charge. Maybe having a $30 door charge will allow that boarder person to have $50 to buy a gift card. I know it’s all the same money but they’d be impactful thinking they had a direct effect.

So what you are saying is that your school gets free stuff. Wow, helpful.

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Listen, I'd be lower end at this school and I don't usually have an extra $200/mo, but the entire point of the event is to raise money. Can't afford it? Don't go.

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Anonymous wrote:Just be glad that other people buy the tickets and the high-priced auction items and that that benefits all the kids at the school. That is the point. Would you rather the school not have the auction funds?

Not a Janney parent, but this. The whole reason why Janney is desirable is because the parents are able to fundraise and help improve the school. You can't afford it or don't like to participate? Fine. But why criticize others whose support benefits the whole school?

You can have the fundraiser and still raise funds via auction, experiences. My school only charges the per person cost of the event (venue and food, alcohol is donated, don’t need to make a profit on that). Works out to $30-$40. Free tickets for any family that asks (through a dedicated staff member no parents) no questions asked. The funds are raised via donations and auctions. They still raise a significant amount. Personally, I think it’s more important to be inclusive to all families than to make a few extra thousand on door charge. Maybe having a $30 door charge will allow that boarder person to have $50 to buy a gift card. I know it’s all the same money but they’d be impactful thinking they had a direct effect.

So what you are saying is that your school gets free stuff. Wow, helpful.

I don’t get your sarcasm. What they get free they also have to rent space because our charter doesn’t have luxury of having space to have it onsite. Not sure why the snark. Underlying message was to show that they don’t make a penny off the door fee. They’d rather be inclusive and try to push a larger auction. They also don’t auction individual access experiences which I appreciate.