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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP - I think part of that may be that a lot of extracurriculars (like music, sports team, etc) are organized and handled by the teachers and schools in private; where many of these activities are more parent (or PTA) organized and run in public - especially at the elementary and middle school level.[/quote]

Which may be true but goes to the point that there is lots of parent participation at a school like BCC while the private schools tend to want parents involved in things like the auction. [/quote]

BCC alum here.  Difference is that BCC parents are providing a lot of support fundraising for extras, but they're not doing it thru high end auctions where the parents buy each other's vacation home weeks.  By and large, the "parent involvement" is things like working the concession stand at football games, getting ads to print the school playbill, running a car wash to raise funds for a club team, etc.  There is a "sports boosters" group that runs the mulch sale, a "theater boosters" parent group, etc.  FWIW, some of the largest "teams" at BCC are run by parents, because they are club sports not "school sports".  Crew is one example.  Also parents and community members run a BCC foundation that provides significant extra support at BCC for free after-school tutoring and various college application supports.  There is a very do-it-yourself-if-MCPS-doesn't-do-it ethos at BCC. Tons of opportunity for parent involvement.  It's just not the volunteer-in-class kind that parents are used to in elem.  [/quote]

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