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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many wealthy school PTSA’s have foundations as well, funded by family contributions. Schools with less wealth certainly don’t have those and barely have PTSA’s. Some high schools have long-standing booster clubs with a lot of support. Others do not. [/quote]

Yes the PTA variability is wild to me and I'm sure I don't even know the half of it.  We were at a Title I elementary school and the PTA was very small, very low budget.  We moved and are at a nearby ES (still downcounty) and the PTA is huge with a lot of participation and great fundraising.  Relatedly, I'm still sorry this boundary study did not include elementary schools.[/quote]

Most PTAs in West County do not raise that much money. Yes, volunteerism is high. It’s easy to walk down the street to school and meet your neighbors. Is that what you want to take away? That is evil.

My kid attended the magnet program at Blair. I did not volunteer as it was too far away. At my childrens’ elementary school I was on the board of the PTA for 10 years. It was convenient to go to school events. [/quote]

It is the volunteering that makes the difference, not just the money. And volunteers raise the money of course. We wouldn’t be able to drive 45 minutes to volunteer. That would all stop.[/quote]

Our fundraisers take literally hundreds of volunteers. That’s how it happens. Other schools can do the same.[/quote]

*other schools where parents have the time and flexibility to make that kind of volunteer commitment -- not all schools have hundreds of parents who have that option.[/quote]

+1 you all are not paying your cleaning and gardening service providers enough and they need to work second & third jobs to make ends meet[/quote]

Yikes with the stereotypes[/quote]

It's a "stereotype" that West county families hire out cleaning and gardening? It's a "stereotype" that Latino families living in East county are doing these jobs? It's a "stereotype" that these jobs do not pay well enough to allow people to get by on 40 hours of work a week?[/quote]

No the stereotype is that all of the people in the poorer school districts are cleaners and gardeners who can’t volunteer.[/quote]

Three quarters of Wheaton HS students have ever received FARMS. Similar at Northwood and Kennedy. There are really not that many parents there working flexible white collar jobs or with a SAHM that isn't caring for babies/toddlers. And it is not just the parents that are busy. The teens are working after school jobs or caring for younger siblings. That is why they are not organizing clubs. Smh[/quote]

There are studies that show that busing hurts the poor more than the rich due fewer resources.  Does that matter?[/quote]

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