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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nah, won’t happen. People can donate to any school. There’s nothing stopping anyone from writing a check to Randolph or Carlin Springs. If people really cared they would already be doing it. [/quote]

I totally disagree. This is the reason we have public policy. I could drive all my recycling to the correct drop-off place, but I'm not going to. But put a bin at my curb, and I will do my part. Some people will donate less to their PTA's but I bet the decline overall would be small. Most people would support this idea. Saying people don't support it because they aren't already doing it is ridiculous. It's just not true or how humans work.[/quote]

Read the ArlNow anonymous comments. You’re a fool if you think most people will support this. If my dollars aren’t going to my kid’s school, I’ll keep my money and spend it on enrichment outside of school.[/quote]

Agreed. We have donated a lot to our PTA and been large spenders at auctions. I will donate and spend $0 in the future if this is implemented. [/quote]
Why is that?[/quote]

Because the PTA is a vehicle for parent interaction with and influence over relatively small, but “community” oriented things at your child’s school. It is not yet another vehicle for tedious leftists with excess time on their hands to coerce the rest of us into funding their vanity projects. You want to donate to a lowly South Arlington school? I’m sure they will welcome your check. Sally Joe the SAHM who preaches racial justice and hasn’t a single black friend is not entitled to spend my money as she sees fit. [/quote]

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