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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought DCPS decided to pool the PTA money a few years back, did that not happen? The idea was that a few ward 3 schools were basically supplementing the budget with fundraising and that didn’t seem fair. [/quote]

It did not happen.[/quote]

Because that would be illegal.[/quote]

Some versions of sharing resources has happened - but it is not as simple as just pooling resources. This article touches on a few examples https://hechingerreport.org/should-rich-families-be-allowed-to-fundraise-a-better-public-school-education-for-their-kids/[/quote]

The article is an interesting read.  It references studies that donations do not go down after sharing begins, which is hard for me to believe.  It's a hard enough sell for our PTA to get parents to donate X dollars that they could be spending on Mathnasium or whatever just for their kids to help their kids' school collectively -- I can't imagine if we were trying to get them to donate the X dollars with them knowing a percentage of it is going to an entirely different school.[/quote]

I'm willing to donate to our PTA because I trust them to offset DCPS's bad decisions and deficiencies in funding.  No way would I donate to a pooled fund managed by DCPS or some other people with perspective similar to DCPS.[/quote]

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