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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.pta.org/members/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2230

"PTAs are not an additional funding sources for goods, services and payroll for public schools. School funds should be supplied by governmental entities. PTAs advocate for the adequate funding of schools from governmental sources. They do not replace funds not supplied by governments. Therefore, supplies purchased using PTA funds should be given directly to children, not to teachers."[/quote]

Somethings never change here is an article from 2000: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/04/17/ptas-give-some-dc-schools-an-edge/18437c7a-caee-40b8-8074-9cc2959418e5/

"Parents at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington have found a way to do what the public school system could not: cut class sizes to 15 students and teach their kids to sing. The PTA asked parents to donate $950 a child, organized other fund-raisers and then spent $144,000 to hire seven teaching assistants and a part-time vocal instructor.

At Stanton Elementary in Southeast Washington, the PTA in the low-income neighborhood can barely scrape up a few thousand dollars to pay for awards ceremonies, let alone hire teachers to reduce the average class size of 25 students.

While one affluent community can share its wealth, the poorer one has no choice but to rely almost entirely on what the government provides. The disparities that result are seen at Mann and Stanton, where the available tools for learning are directly linked to the wealth or poverty of the neighborhood."[/quote]

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