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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back in the day, Jamestown had a "sister school" relationship with Hoffman-Boston, where JES would host H-B kids for special events, like author visits and some field trips. The JES PTA also had a line-item in the budget to help support H-B, where money would be donated from one PTA to the other to help with whatever the H-B Principal would tell the JES Principal was needed (ie: school supplies). Also, during the Jamestown Book Fairs, there was an opportunity for parents to buy books for the H-B teachers and library, and JES parents were very generous.

At some point a new Principal came to Hoffman-Boston and they told the JES Principal that they wanted the "charity" from Jamestown to end, so it did. Some JES parents found other ways to continue to contribute to H-B, but getting the kids together from schools at the opposite ends of the County was a good thing and I'm sorry it ended.

Reading through some of these comments, I can't believe the selfishness of some of you. The Jamestown PTA regularly has over $100,000 in income each year. You really are not willing to share a few thousand of that with a fellow Arlington school that has much less?[/quote]

Nothing is stopping people from donating anywhere.

Taking money from a pot that people donated to on the understanding that it is to be used for X, and then using is for Y is unethical.  Just remind people that they can also donate to Y.[/quote]

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