Can someone explain why teen kids need to fundraise $1,000 for a public school sport?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder about that too, HS sports players and even the band members knock on doors asking for money in Mclean. The parents can't bankroll them?

The problem is even if the parents can-and are willing to, the coaches still want them out there soliciting more more more.
From what I can tell, there is absolutely no accountability on where this money is going, either-at least not in my kid's team.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Districts don't fully fund sports. Even FCPS high schools have booster clubs to make up the difference

Can you please define why you mean by this. I really have no idea. Where exactly is the booster money going? What happens if they didn’t raise the money? This sounds like extras, like it goes towards an end of season party and personalized gear? I can’t imagine a season being cancelled because the soccer or swim team didn’t raise enough money.

Uniforms and equipment are the biggest expenses for our school's lacrosse team

Plus GK gear (field hockey), cages, uniforms, transportation other than school buses. Our team actually had to carpool to some games b/c we couldn't afford ANY transportation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What sport OP? Is it rowing?

I wondered this too. FCPS doesn’t support rowing. I don’t think other districts around here do either. We pay $1350 a year and have to raise $200 minimum and have to do two tag days.

Marching band does tag day too.

I hate it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder about that too, HS sports players and even the band members knock on doors asking for money in Mclean. The parents can't bankroll them?

The problem is even if the parents can-and are willing to, the coaches still want them out there soliciting more more more.
From what I can tell, there is absolutely no accountability on where this money is going, either-at least not in my kid's team.

+1

+2 My kid’s HS spring sport requires each kid to deliver 25 emails or phone numbers to use for soliciting $. UMC large suburban public school. We are happy to donate our share directly but they still need these 25 contacts apparently. We are using family and friends and just telling them we have it covered (we do), they need not donate. A few close family will anyway I am sure. The whole thing is annoying TBH.

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Are you sure the school funds it? Ice hockey is a club sport at our high school, so it must be paid out of pocket by parents and also through fundraising.

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My kid’s public school team was a club sport. Families were expected to pay a fee fall and spring, as well as fundraise. Luckily, we had a great group of parents who volunteered to run the tree and wreath sales in Nov and plant sales April. No one went door to door it was all done online and was quite successful.

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Anonymous wrote:The band knocking on doors and begging for money is the worst! They should set up in the community and play for donations, not just knock on doors!

Well they play at the local football games and in local parades. You can go to these.

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Ours also Playa for various other local community events so they do play for the community. Just not on the fundraising day.

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Plays not Playa. Sorry

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DD high school team had a goal for each player to raise $500. Some girls did not participate and therefore raised no money and some raised more than $500. The money went towards paying for things the school would not pay for like an out-of-state tournament, the end of season party, etc..

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Anonymous wrote:School funding for extra curricular has been cut significantly in the past decade. Some won’t even replace uniforms if some are lost and there is no longer a full set. Buses are terribly expensive right how. If a team wants to do things like play out of conference schools (like a scrimmage against a private school), the team will have to pay for the bus and possibly also the ref. It can add up very quickly.

This. Boomers cut everything from the budget and now complain when they get fundraising requests.

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Let's play less expensive sports.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's play less expensive sports.

Did you read any of the above? It costs money for uniforms and buses.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this strange? We've been hit up by two nieces with digital campaign links to cover some sort of expenses required for a sport played at their public school. Their public schools are well-funded UMC districts and their parents are UMC working professionals. Why does each student-athlete teen apparently need to raise upwards of $1,000? We never had to do this for our kids. Is the school making kids do this or is this something the parents are doing to freeload off others to pay for normal high school athletic expenses? I'm confused. I recall once selling candy door to door in the early 90s for a TRAVEL sport but I've never heard of a somewhat affluent suburban public school not fully funding an athletic program. Of course we still gave them each $50 because we don't want to look like the cheap aunt and uncle but I find this really tacky. Especially when we were texted the link and told so and so family already donated, hint hint.

I love it when the shameless mooch parents hit everyone up for donations, while the teen kid it is for does literally nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder about that too, HS sports players and even the band members knock on doors asking for money in Mclean. The parents can't bankroll them?

The problem is even if the parents can-and are willing to, the coaches still want them out there soliciting more more more.
From what I can tell, there is absolutely no accountability on where this money is going, either-at least not in my kid's team.

+1

+2 My kid’s HS spring sport requires each kid to deliver 25 emails or phone numbers to use for soliciting $. UMC large suburban public school. We are happy to donate our share directly but they still need these 25 contacts apparently. We are using family and friends and just telling them we have it covered (we do), they need not donate. A few close family will anyway I am sure. The whole thing is annoying TBH.

There is zero change I'm giving out 25 phone numbers or emails. That's so disrespectful.