Reply to How much does your school's PTA raise?

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "How much does your school's PTA raise?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is anyone here actually arguing that PTAs should not be allowed to raise money for their own schools? It seems like some WotP parents are getting defensive about it, but I don't see anyone suggesting that they should stop raising money.

I would really love to hear about the fundraising efforts at more charter schools and EotP schools. Someone mentioned that they toured a number of Title I schools that raise around $10k. What about some of the charters? MV, CM, IT, Cap City, Stokes, LAMB, Yu Ying, etc.[/quote]

I posted yesterday (13:12). We're at a charter (not one of the ones you named) and our goal is less than $15K. But we're smaller than the schools you listed and this is the first year we've done any significant fundraising. I expect that number will go up as we get more established and can draw on previous year's experiences. Like the Murch parent who posted after me, a lot of hard work and planning goes into fundraising, but one of the differences is that the majority of the parent volunteers are doing this for the first time, we're sort of flying blind and figuring out what works for our school as we go along. Next year, we'll know more and can adjust accordingly. In addition, we have almost 40% FARMS kids, not 9%, and a pretty large percentage of families just above FARMS level. Families who are focused on making to the next paycheck don't have the income to support huge fundraisers, I know I give time since we can't afford to give financially (but if I ever win the lottery that I don't play, the school is getting a fat check! ;) ). [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics