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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where did your kids go to elementary school? Mine were at Brent, where a well-run PTA raises 400K and pays for gazillion useful things, including after-school tutoring for academic stragglers (mostly poor AA kids).  It wouldn't kill BASIS to have a PTA/PTO. We miss Brent's.[/quote]

You piqued my interest so I pulled up the 990. I hate to the one to tell you this but they aren't spending money where you think they are. The short version is they spent $300k in the last filed year. Of that, $73k was for COGS (cost of goods sold) so that's a net zero. $31k went to "classroom supplies", $21k for "custodial" and $19k for physical education. There's another net $85k in the "other" category. They also carry a YoY balance of $200k - maybe you can explain why they would hold back 50% of their gross revenue?

Like I said, in my experience PTAs are personal fiefdoms used to make UMC folks feel good about themselves but don't directly serve the institution as much as it does the PTA members' egos.

Do you want to tell the "mostly poor AA kids" or should I?  [/quote]

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