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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It makes well off parents feel good that they work hard to fundraise for their kids.  That way they know they are doing their best, even if they are sending their kids to a public school.  Plus it can be turned around into a tax break.  No you don't want to think about it as being part of the divide that exacerbates those who have advantage and those who don't, we all help are children right?  Those other kids get all those extra title one funds right?

It is the lie we tell our selves about why our kids deserve more than the poor kid on the other side of the river.  It is what preserves social privilege.  Yeah, I am ranting against it right now but I have also participated in it, we fled the title one school once we could get in a ward three school with large auctions and significant requests for parental contributions.

At the very minimum it would be helpful if we quit telling ourselves that that kid is actually getting more, he is not, he will most likely never have as much opportunity as our children.  As long as it is about our children, he is on the outside and sorry life turned out that way.  Lots of other things that can be done to counter that outcome, but at the very least don't lie about your privilege.

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I still do not understand what you mean. nobody here says that our kids deserve more than the poor kids on the other side of the river. you started ranting about school fundaisers and said that kids in poor schools get less money once the PTA money is counted. this is not true and the Murch -Payne exampled above simply demonstrates it. Payne gets way more money per pupil and the PTA money at Murch is only a fraction of the school budget. kids from stable, middle class, educated  families are luckier and do better than kids from uneducated, poor single parents?  yes, this is obvious.  what can we do to help these kids? since apparently just giving more money to the schools is not working that well.[/quote]

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