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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Is it money? Can the school PTA not launch an initiative to seek donations from the community to support the funding of innovative learning programs in their school? Is the problem egalitarianism or, in other words, prohibiting parents from "rich" communities to invest in their community public schools because of some perceived need to level the playing field among public schools? [/quote] The PTAs at the "rich" elementary schools (Lyles-Crouch, Maury, MacArthur) raise significantly more money (orders of magnitude more) than the "poor" school PTAs (like JH). It is not egalitarian at all. The money does get re-invested into those "rich" schools and it does make a difference. The flip-side is that a school like JH does get more federal and state funds, but it doesn't go towards the type of enrichment that a PTA would normally fund.[/quote]
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