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[quote=Anonymous]My child attends a DCPS EOTP with a PTO that is active but very small. We raise money for a handful of events throughout the school year. In the last several years, I have tried to institute a process for school donation requests so that we can get some visibility into the needs and also the planning of the events we are being asked to donate for. I have had really limited success on that front.

For example, we got a request earlier this month to donate/fund food for our annual field day. We have done this before, so a certain amount of stuff was already budgeted for and the request itself was not a big deal. However, we have had little to no luck getting information about where else the school is getting donations to pay for things, what the complete shopping list is, where the stuff we're being asked to fund fits in, etc. Last week, a form went home soliciting donations from the parents directly. Obviously, any donations are better than no donations, and the more money that comes in, the more we can fund going forward. I just feel pretty frustrated that the school does not proactively communicate about the planning of these events, which we are largely expected to fund and staff.

How would such a request go down at your school? I'm happy to hear from the big PTOs out there, but I'm most interested in hearing from parents at schools where the PTO has a small operating budget (e.g., &lt;$5k/year).[/quote]

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