There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My old school district in another state did this nonsense. For instance a massive prom was held at an off site private location right after school year ended. They just stopped doing funded events during school year.

A simpler solution would be to form a PTO, not PTA and have all the money go to the organization.

There really seems to be someone aiming to control a central pot of parent PTA money? It's the worst idea ever BTW. MCPS has a vested interest in the local PTA running defensive tackle for the P. Flip that apple cart and the PTO will have almost no traction with a local school, which means that parents won't join.

The local school will give traction to whatever group is donating the money and time. Do you think principals really care if the group calls itself PTA or PTO or a booster club?

It really doesn't matter and MCCPTA isn't advocating for all schools/needs and just their pet projects. So, if you aren't their pet project your membership dues are going to their projects/needs vs. your school so a booster club or PTO makes far more sense when the only overhead is insurance/website, and start-up non-profit costs. Then everything you earn goes directly to the school needs/group.

[Anonymous]

I'm a PTA officer at a wealthier school in Bethesda and I agree with the OP. Our PTA donates $300 to teachers every single year for classroom supplies while at the same time, parents supply them constantly throughout the year with way more than they will ever actually need. Parents do this without asking-they just send their kids with supplies. On top of that, most room moms end up collecting 400-500 for teachers in for Christmas in the form of Amazon gift cards. Teacher appreciation Amazon cards are usually 150-250 per teacher. This isn't about "jealousy" as some ignorant posters here are saying. It truly is about inequity. Title One/focus school teachers are paying for everything out of pocket for their classrooms. They aren't given gifts during the holidays that could potentially fund their classrooms. They don't have an overabundance of supplies. Teachers working in the same district should have opportunities for the same supplies. And before self-righteous posters jump in, I'm not suggesting you stop providing your teachers with gifts and supplies. I'm saying MCPS needs to provide all teachers with stipends for classroom supplies at the beginning of the year and not allow PTAs to provide additional funds. It simply is not fair. The giving of gifts and supplies is something entirely, but i added it to prove a point that teachers in wealthier schools do NOT ever need to dig into their own pockets for supplies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a PTA officer at a wealthier school in Bethesda and I agree with the OP. Our PTA donates $300 to teachers every single year for classroom supplies while at the same time, parents supply them constantly throughout the year with way more than they will ever actually need. Parents do this without asking-they just send their kids with supplies. On top of that, most room moms end up collecting 400-500 for teachers in for Christmas in the form of Amazon gift cards. Teacher appreciation Amazon cards are usually 150-250 per teacher. This isn't about "jealousy" as some ignorant posters here are saying. It truly is about inequity. Title One/focus school teachers are paying for everything out of pocket for their classrooms. They aren't given gifts during the holidays that could potentially fund their classrooms. They don't have an overabundance of supplies. Teachers working in the same district should have opportunities for the same supplies. And before self-righteous posters jump in, I'm not suggesting you stop providing your teachers with gifts and supplies. I'm saying MCPS needs to provide all teachers with stipends for classroom supplies at the beginning of the year and not allow PTAs to provide additional funds. It simply is not fair. The giving of gifts and supplies is something entirely, but i added it to prove a point that teachers in wealthier schools do NOT ever need to dig into their own pockets for supplies.

The gift card as a group violate mcps rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a PTA officer at a wealthier school in Bethesda and I agree with the OP. Our PTA donates $300 to teachers every single year for classroom supplies while at the same time, parents supply them constantly throughout the year with way more than they will ever actually need. Parents do this without asking-they just send their kids with supplies. On top of that, most room moms end up collecting 400-500 for teachers in for Christmas in the form of Amazon gift cards. Teacher appreciation Amazon cards are usually 150-250 per teacher. This isn't about "jealousy" as some ignorant posters here are saying. It truly is about inequity. Title One/focus school teachers are paying for everything out of pocket for their classrooms. They aren't given gifts during the holidays that could potentially fund their classrooms. They don't have an overabundance of supplies. Teachers working in the same district should have opportunities for the same supplies. And before self-righteous posters jump in, I'm not suggesting you stop providing your teachers with gifts and supplies. I'm saying MCPS needs to provide all teachers with stipends for classroom supplies at the beginning of the year and not allow PTAs to provide additional funds. It simply is not fair. The giving of gifts and supplies is something entirely, but i added it to prove a point that teachers in wealthier schools do NOT ever need to dig into their own pockets for supplies.

So you want to punish the teachers at these wealthy schools and, by extension, their students because not every teacher in MCPS shares the same experience? How does that make sense? Isn’t it a net negative to take away the benefits that these teachers receive? Is equity really about resorting to the lowest common denominator?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a PTA officer at a wealthier school in Bethesda and I agree with the OP. Our PTA donates $300 to teachers every single year for classroom supplies while at the same time, parents supply them constantly throughout the year with way more than they will ever actually need. Parents do this without asking-they just send their kids with supplies. On top of that, most room moms end up collecting 400-500 for teachers in for Christmas in the form of Amazon gift cards. Teacher appreciation Amazon cards are usually 150-250 per teacher. This isn't about "jealousy" as some ignorant posters here are saying. It truly is about inequity. Title One/focus school teachers are paying for everything out of pocket for their classrooms. They aren't given gifts during the holidays that could potentially fund their classrooms. They don't have an overabundance of supplies. Teachers working in the same district should have opportunities for the same supplies. And before self-righteous posters jump in, I'm not suggesting you stop providing your teachers with gifts and supplies. I'm saying MCPS needs to provide all teachers with stipends for classroom supplies at the beginning of the year and not allow PTAs to provide additional funds. It simply is not fair. The giving of gifts and supplies is something entirely, but i added it to prove a point that teachers in wealthier schools do NOT ever need to dig into their own pockets for supplies.

So you want to punish the teachers at these wealthy schools and, by extension, their students because not every teacher in MCPS shares the same experience? How does that make sense? Isn’t it a net negative to take away the benefits that these teachers receive? Is equity really about resorting to the lowest common denominator?

Can you even...read? Instead of it being the PTA providing teachers the $300, MCPS does. How is that punishing teachers OR students? Hint: it's not. In addition, those wealthier school teachers will still receive more just bc again, parents will provide those extra supplies. You're not very bright.

Resorting to the lowest common denominator? Do you even hear yourself? ALSO, that is just more money for schools like mine in their PTA fund. Again...you're not very good at critical thinking. "BUT WON'T SOMEONE STOP AND THINK OF THE WEALTHY!" So gross. So ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a PTA officer at a wealthier school in Bethesda and I agree with the OP. Our PTA donates $300 to teachers every single year for classroom supplies while at the same time, parents supply them constantly throughout the year with way more than they will ever actually need. Parents do this without asking-they just send their kids with supplies. On top of that, most room moms end up collecting 400-500 for teachers in for Christmas in the form of Amazon gift cards. Teacher appreciation Amazon cards are usually 150-250 per teacher. This isn't about "jealousy" as some ignorant posters here are saying. It truly is about inequity. Title One/focus school teachers are paying for everything out of pocket for their classrooms. They aren't given gifts during the holidays that could potentially fund their classrooms. They don't have an overabundance of supplies. Teachers working in the same district should have opportunities for the same supplies. And before self-righteous posters jump in, I'm not suggesting you stop providing your teachers with gifts and supplies. I'm saying MCPS needs to provide all teachers with stipends for classroom supplies at the beginning of the year and not allow PTAs to provide additional funds. It simply is not fair. The giving of gifts and supplies is something entirely, but i added it to prove a point that teachers in wealthier schools do NOT ever need to dig into their own pockets for supplies.

So you want to punish the teachers at these wealthy schools and, by extension, their students because not every teacher in MCPS shares the same experience? How does that make sense? Isn’t it a net negative to take away the benefits that these teachers receive? Is equity really about resorting to the lowest common denominator?

And there it is, the dumbest post of the year on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a PTA officer at a wealthier school in Bethesda and I agree with the OP. Our PTA donates $300 to teachers every single year for classroom supplies while at the same time, parents supply them constantly throughout the year with way more than they will ever actually need. Parents do this without asking-they just send their kids with supplies. On top of that, most room moms end up collecting 400-500 for teachers in for Christmas in the form of Amazon gift cards. Teacher appreciation Amazon cards are usually 150-250 per teacher. This isn't about "jealousy" as some ignorant posters here are saying. It truly is about inequity. Title One/focus school teachers are paying for everything out of pocket for their classrooms. They aren't given gifts during the holidays that could potentially fund their classrooms. They don't have an overabundance of supplies. Teachers working in the same district should have opportunities for the same supplies. And before self-righteous posters jump in, I'm not suggesting you stop providing your teachers with gifts and supplies. I'm saying MCPS needs to provide all teachers with stipends for classroom supplies at the beginning of the year and not allow PTAs to provide additional funds. It simply is not fair. The giving of gifts and supplies is something entirely, but i added it to prove a point that teachers in wealthier schools do NOT ever need to dig into their own pockets for supplies.

So you want to punish the teachers at these wealthy schools and, by extension, their students because not every teacher in MCPS shares the same experience? How does that make sense? Isn’t it a net negative to take away the benefits that these teachers receive? Is equity really about resorting to the lowest common denominator?

Can you even...read? Instead of it being the PTA providing teachers the $300, MCPS does. How is that punishing teachers OR students? Hint: it's not. In addition, those wealthier school teachers will still receive more just bc again, parents will provide those extra supplies. You're not very bright.

Resorting to the lowest common denominator? Do you even hear yourself? ALSO, that is just more money for schools like mine in their PTA fund. Again...you're not very good at critical thinking. "BUT WON'T SOMEONE STOP AND THINK OF THE WEALTHY!" So gross. So ignorant.

You’re not helping your cause with the hysterics. It seems like reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit so let me try to boil it down for you.
The poster I was responding to talked about how much their teachers receive from parents and the PTA, from $300 supplies allowances to Christmas gift cards. They said teachers never need to come out of pocket at these rich schools. They said it’s not fair. They said that because it’s not fair, the extras that are provided to these teachers need to stop. I asked why this practice should stop solely because it is inequitable. Is it that hard to understand? Why shouldn’t kids in Bethesda schools receive extra resources because their parents can pay for them? Seriously, tell me why. Is it because it’s unfair? Because not all kids can get matched resources? Then that’s literally using the lowest common denominator. We don’t do that in other parts of MCPS. There are plenty of Bethesda kids who qualify for the CES magnet school who can’t go because they don’t win the lottery. That’s not fair. We should cancel CES and the magnets too. They’re inequitable!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a PTA officer at a wealthier school in Bethesda and I agree with the OP. Our PTA donates $300 to teachers every single year for classroom supplies while at the same time, parents supply them constantly throughout the year with way more than they will ever actually need. Parents do this without asking-they just send their kids with supplies. On top of that, most room moms end up collecting 400-500 for teachers in for Christmas in the form of Amazon gift cards. Teacher appreciation Amazon cards are usually 150-250 per teacher. This isn't about "jealousy" as some ignorant posters here are saying. It truly is about inequity. Title One/focus school teachers are paying for everything out of pocket for their classrooms. They aren't given gifts during the holidays that could potentially fund their classrooms. They don't have an overabundance of supplies. Teachers working in the same district should have opportunities for the same supplies. And before self-righteous posters jump in, I'm not suggesting you stop providing your teachers with gifts and supplies. I'm saying MCPS needs to provide all teachers with stipends for classroom supplies at the beginning of the year and not allow PTAs to provide additional funds. It simply is not fair. The giving of gifts and supplies is something entirely, but i added it to prove a point that teachers in wealthier schools do NOT ever need to dig into their own pockets for supplies.

So you want to punish the teachers at these wealthy schools and, by extension, their students because not every teacher in MCPS shares the same experience? How does that make sense? Isn’t it a net negative to take away the benefits that these teachers receive? Is equity really about resorting to the lowest common denominator?

And there it is, the dumbest post of the year on DCUM.

Why is it so dumb? Please enlighten me. Why shouldn’t kids be able to reap the benefit of resources their parents are willing to provide?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a PTA officer at a wealthier school in Bethesda and I agree with the OP. Our PTA donates $300 to teachers every single year for classroom supplies while at the same time, parents supply them constantly throughout the year with way more than they will ever actually need. Parents do this without asking-they just send their kids with supplies. On top of that, most room moms end up collecting 400-500 for teachers in for Christmas in the form of Amazon gift cards. Teacher appreciation Amazon cards are usually 150-250 per teacher. This isn't about "jealousy" as some ignorant posters here are saying. It truly is about inequity. Title One/focus school teachers are paying for everything out of pocket for their classrooms. They aren't given gifts during the holidays that could potentially fund their classrooms. They don't have an overabundance of supplies. Teachers working in the same district should have opportunities for the same supplies. And before self-righteous posters jump in, I'm not suggesting you stop providing your teachers with gifts and supplies. I'm saying MCPS needs to provide all teachers with stipends for classroom supplies at the beginning of the year and not allow PTAs to provide additional funds. It simply is not fair. The giving of gifts and supplies is something entirely, but i added it to prove a point that teachers in wealthier schools do NOT ever need to dig into their own pockets for supplies.

So you want to punish the teachers at these wealthy schools and, by extension, their students because not every teacher in MCPS shares the same experience? How does that make sense? Isn’t it a net negative to take away the benefits that these teachers receive? Is equity really about resorting to the lowest common denominator?

Can you even...read? Instead of it being the PTA providing teachers the $300, MCPS does. How is that punishing teachers OR students? Hint: it's not. In addition, those wealthier school teachers will still receive more just bc again, parents will provide those extra supplies. You're not very bright.

Resorting to the lowest common denominator? Do you even hear yourself? ALSO, that is just more money for schools like mine in their PTA fund. Again...you're not very good at critical thinking. "BUT WON'T SOMEONE STOP AND THINK OF THE WEALTHY!" So gross. So ignorant.

This PP seems to have been coddled all their lives and is throwing a temper tantrum when they realize things people don’t want to do things their way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a PTA officer at a wealthier school in Bethesda and I agree with the OP. Our PTA donates $300 to teachers every single year for classroom supplies while at the same time, parents supply them constantly throughout the year with way more than they will ever actually need. Parents do this without asking-they just send their kids with supplies. On top of that, most room moms end up collecting 400-500 for teachers in for Christmas in the form of Amazon gift cards. Teacher appreciation Amazon cards are usually 150-250 per teacher. This isn't about "jealousy" as some ignorant posters here are saying. It truly is about inequity. Title One/focus school teachers are paying for everything out of pocket for their classrooms. They aren't given gifts during the holidays that could potentially fund their classrooms. They don't have an overabundance of supplies. Teachers working in the same district should have opportunities for the same supplies. And before self-righteous posters jump in, I'm not suggesting you stop providing your teachers with gifts and supplies. I'm saying MCPS needs to provide all teachers with stipends for classroom supplies at the beginning of the year and not allow PTAs to provide additional funds. It simply is not fair. The giving of gifts and supplies is something entirely, but i added it to prove a point that teachers in wealthier schools do NOT ever need to dig into their own pockets for supplies.

So you want to punish the teachers at these wealthy schools and, by extension, their students because not every teacher in MCPS shares the same experience? How does that make sense? Isn’t it a net negative to take away the benefits that these teachers receive? Is equity really about resorting to the lowest common denominator?

And there it is, the dumbest post of the year on DCUM.

So lazy

[Anonymous]

This has to be the most idiotic thread I've read in months.

One poster is complaining that Title I schools aren't funding their teachers with basic school supplies? MCPS CO is claiming that's not true, so I think you need to speak to your P about that.

Another poster claims there is no difference between a PTO allocating funds versus a PTA? Yes, there is. No parents will want to contribute to a PTO. But it's clear someone is on a personal power grab.

Go ahead and post a link for the parents that want to establish a PTO. I want to see what these nutcases backgrounds are.

[Anonymous]

You know, its also not fair that the students at the W schools are provided with Teslas and Jeeps by their parents. And trips to Europe. And sleep away Sumner camps. Not everyone can afford these, so no one should have then.

Do you even realize how crazy all of you sound? Yes, some people have more and some people have less. Some people on the dance floor can really move and others look like goats. Life isn't fair, the sooner everyone realized it, the better off you'll be.

Meanwhile, if you are at a school that isn't as wealthy, pair up with a wealthier sister school and they will help to fundraise whatever you need/want.

[Anonymous]

I have taught at several MCPS schools and never got a PTA gift except for a $10 Amazon card or a pie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have taught at several MCPS schools and never got a PTA gift except for a $10 Amazon card or a pie.

You're so lucky! The best I ever got was coupon for $20 off a turkey at Safeway!

[Anonymous]

I'm a teacher on the board of my school's PTA. Our biggest fundraiser--by far--and main source of income is the donation we get from annually from our "sister school"'s PTA. Parent participation is great and we make at well at teacher breakfasts etc when families can bring in something they made at home. There's just no money. None.