Navy Elementary New Principal

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Anonymous wrote:Why are their so many Navy families who refuse to use the bus????

The daily messages about buses leaving 30 min after school might have something g to do with it

+1 Also, they make the kids sit 3 to a seat. It’s too crowded. Plus, their backpacks are incredibly heavy, and they may have an instrument with them. If my kid didn’t have to carry a laptop every day in their backpack, we’d consider it.

Maybe you should ask your PTA to fund laptop charging carts for every upper grade classroom so that your children don't have to bring their laptops home every night, then they could take the bus.

This is the best comment.

The kids need to use their laptop for homework so they need to bring it home Also, there is no space in each room for laptop charging carts. It would be a waste of money quite frankly.

My kids are at an elementary school near by and their homework is all on paper. They leave their laptops at school.

Does your school have charging stations for the laptops? Apparently it is not possible to put charging carts in at Navy. It would require significant renovations to the electrical wiring of the building, which FCPS facilities is not going to do at this time. So kids at Navy have to take their laptops home to charge them regardless of whether they need them for homework or not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are their so many Navy families who refuse to use the bus????

The daily messages about buses leaving 30 min after school might have something g to do with it

+1 Also, they make the kids sit 3 to a seat. It’s too crowded. Plus, their backpacks are incredibly heavy, and they may have an instrument with them. If my kid didn’t have to carry a laptop every day in their backpack, we’d consider it.

Maybe you should ask your PTA to fund laptop charging carts for every upper grade classroom so that your children don't have to bring their laptops home every night, then they could take the bus.

This is the best comment.

The kids need to use their laptop for homework so they need to bring it home Also, there is no space in each room for laptop charging carts. It would be a waste of money quite frankly.

My kids are at an elementary school near by and their homework is all on paper. They leave their laptops at school.

Does your school have charging stations for the laptops? Apparently it is not possible to put charging carts in at Navy. It would require significant renovations to the electrical wiring of the building, which FCPS facilities is not going to do at this time. So kids at Navy have to take their laptops home to charge them regardless of whether they need them for homework or not.

Why would a cart need special electrical wiring? I’ve seen charging carts there sitting in the hall outside a classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve read a few things online that say schools get to keep about 80% of the Read a Thon funds. I wonder where the other 20% goes? Parents should know their contributions aren’t going 100% to the school.

We do. When I donated it gave me the option to pay extra to cover the fee the school incurs from the site (pledgestar). The fee was minimal and 100% of my intended donation went to the school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve read a few things online that say schools get to keep about 80% of the Read a Thon funds. I wonder where the other 20% goes? Parents should know their contributions aren’t going 100% to the school.

We do. When I donated it gave me the option to pay extra to cover the fee the school incurs from the site (pledgestar). The fee was minimal and 100% of my intended donation went to the school.

Interesting. What is the fee from using the site? I’m curious.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are their so many Navy families who refuse to use the bus????

The daily messages about buses leaving 30 min after school might have something g to do with it

+1 Also, they make the kids sit 3 to a seat. It’s too crowded. Plus, their backpacks are incredibly heavy, and they may have an instrument with them. If my kid didn’t have to carry a laptop every day in their backpack, we’d consider it.

Maybe you should ask your PTA to fund laptop charging carts for every upper grade classroom so that your children don't have to bring their laptops home every night, then they could take the bus.

This is the best comment.

The kids need to use their laptop for homework so they need to bring it home Also, there is no space in each room for laptop charging carts. It would be a waste of money quite frankly.

My kids are at an elementary school near by and their homework is all on paper. They leave their laptops at school.

Does your school have charging stations for the laptops? Apparently it is not possible to put charging carts in at Navy. It would require significant renovations to the electrical wiring of the building, which FCPS facilities is not going to do at this time. So kids at Navy have to take their laptops home to charge them regardless of whether they need them for homework or not.

Yes there are charging carts in every classroom.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve read a few things online that say schools get to keep about 80% of the Read a Thon funds. I wonder where the other 20% goes? Parents should know their contributions aren’t going 100% to the school.

We do. When I donated it gave me the option to pay extra to cover the fee the school incurs from the site (pledgestar). The fee was minimal and 100% of my intended donation went to the school.

Interesting. What is the fee from using the site? I’m curious.

I think it was about 7%. I’m assuming it’s what pledgestar charges to manage and collect tens of thousands of dollars in donations. They facilitate emails, track leaderboards, take credit card payments etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve read a few things online that say schools get to keep about 80% of the Read a Thon funds. I wonder where the other 20% goes? Parents should know their contributions aren’t going 100% to the school.

There is a 7% fee but it's capped at a certain dollar amount. It's less than $1,000 for the total fee.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve read a few things online that say schools get to keep about 80% of the Read a Thon funds. I wonder where the other 20% goes? Parents should know their contributions aren’t going 100% to the school.

There is a 7% fee but it's capped at a certain dollar amount. It's less than $1,000 for the total fee.

The rest of the money goes 100% to the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are their so many Navy families who refuse to use the bus????

The daily messages about buses leaving 30 min after school might have something g to do with it

+1 Also, they make the kids sit 3 to a seat. It’s too crowded. Plus, their backpacks are incredibly heavy, and they may have an instrument with them. If my kid didn’t have to carry a laptop every day in their backpack, we’d consider it.

Huh. My kids ride the bus to Nagy and it has not occurred to me that I should drive them and deal with that line every day to save them from these so called hardships. I had a 45 minute bus ride to school in grades 4-6 with the same overcrowding and instrument issues. And textbooks at least as heavy as the laptop. But I’m one of those people who thinks we make life a little too easy for kids nowadays which is leading to them having zero tolerance for inconvenience and mild discomfort.

Amen!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve read a few things online that say schools get to keep about 80% of the Read a Thon funds. I wonder where the other 20% goes? Parents should know their contributions aren’t going 100% to the school.

To confirm, 100% of the proceeds for the Navy Read-A-Thon go back to the school. As part of the fundraiser, Pledgestar charges up to 7% with a cap at the fee, which is a separate cost, assumed and expensed by the PTO. #budgetmanagement

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What's the deal with the email going around? The information shared there was concerning.

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Read a thon, fun runs etc are run by school PTAs, not principals -- if you have a beef with how your school does it, raise it with your PTA board, or better yet get involved and help them!

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Anonymous wrote:What's the deal with the email going around? The information shared there was concerning.

I got the email but I will not be partaking in this effort.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the deal with the email going around? The information shared there was concerning.

I got the email but I will not be partaking in this effort.

+1 same

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are their so many Navy families who refuse to use the bus????

The daily messages about buses leaving 30 min after school might have something g to do with it

+1 Also, they make the kids sit 3 to a seat. It’s too crowded. Plus, their backpacks are incredibly heavy, and they may have an instrument with them. If my kid didn’t have to carry a laptop every day in their backpack, we’d consider it.

Huh. My kids ride the bus to Nagy and it has not occurred to me that I should drive them and deal with that line every day to save them from these so called hardships. I had a 45 minute bus ride to school in grades 4-6 with the same overcrowding and instrument issues. And textbooks at least as heavy as the laptop. But I’m one of those people who thinks we make life a little too easy for kids nowadays which is leading to them having zero tolerance for inconvenience and mild discomfort.

+1

It is ridiculous how little resilience we are expecting of our children.