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[quote=Anonymous]At YY, it's $100 per child, not per family. Outrageous? I don't think it's as bad as it sounds; it's not $100/child going to the PA's fund. Instead, it's the $100/child school supplies "donation" that the school asks for (YY has a lot of added school supplies because of the Chinese). The school cannot make the supply fee mandatory, so the PA asks for donations and then buys the supplies for the school. If you've donated, you get the vote.

The nice thing is, YY families don't receive a list of supplies that must be bought before school starts. I much prefer to write a check that covers both supplies and PA dues than to take a list and go out to different stores to buy supplies on my own.

And, it's greener- the school can buy in bulk, there's less packaging, less parents on the road out hunting for the perfect-sized notebook.

All that being said, I'd love to see a fund created for free-reduced lunch students to help subsidize their families' fees. I wouldn't mind giving an extra $10-20 to know that the school has what is needed to start the year off and to know that these families have a fair representation in the PA.[/quote]

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