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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here from a Title One school. What's wrong with a Back to School popsicle pool party at a swim club for the members/guests of the swim club? If it is in place of an open event held previously for everyone, that is not cool. Does the school host their own BTS event? If not, why not?[/quote]

The concern is its sponsored by the school for members only so non-member kids cannot attend.  Gross.[/quote]

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Yes, I guess that is my issue.  Seems a little 'gross' that only members of the Swim Club can attend.  It sounds like they're very deliberately trying to leave out people who can't afford the Swim Club membership.  We've got a decent number of lower-income families at our school (of all races, so I don't think it's a race issue) that definitely can't afford to be members.  If it's supposed to be for kids to interact with their teachers, then this particular event is leaving out a good percentage of students.  [/quote]

Then don’t go. We attended such a school and were middle income and having to do everything to accommodate the poors and it just sucked and a lot of the events sponsored by the school and PTA were just lame.
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It sounds like this swim club event may be excluding the middle income families as well as “the poors.”  Hopefully those middle income folks are as understanding as you are about non-inclusive events.[/quote]

Yep, that would be fine with me. Not every event can be for every person. [/quote]

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