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[quote=Anonymous]There is simply no high pressure to contribute at Janney, this is some kind of urban myth.  The PTA sends reminders and encourages, but the idea of phone calls is preposterous.

Maybe the calls were about the field trip fees?  Field trips do cost money and families can pay a single $75 fee at the beginning of the year, pay as you go for individual fees, or apply for a scholarship.  If you have not paid they will send reminders so your child can go on the field trips.

I also do not think anyone objects to schools with the challenges of high poverty students receiving more money than low poverty schools.  The debate here is about a misunderstanding of how much more money high poverty schools already get than low poverty schools.  There is a reflexive rejection of the idea that parents should be able to contribute to their children's schools because it is not fair that some families cannot afford to contribute.  This is a circular argument that cannot be won because we having no idea what those arguing actually want that they do not have.  Is it more money for high poverty schools and less for low poverty schools?  If so, that is the current state of affairs even with PTA fundraising.  Is it better a schools for high poverty kids?  If so, that is which everyone wants, but taking PTA money away from wotp schools is not going to get you there.[/quote]

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