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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How receptive are administrators at these Focus schools to ideas/contributions from parents?  Also, are parents allowed to donate money directly to the school or a specific class for supplies?  What if a classroom needed a makeover, could the PTA "sponsor" (don't know if that's the right word) that class and raise money to give it a fresh paint, new desks, etc.? [/quote]

Money for things like facilities is pretty equally distributed across the district, so you have "poor" schools that were recently renovated and "rich" schools that desperately need to be built out or renovated.

To be honest, I suspect MCPS regulations would preclude the PTA paying for building repairs.  Similarly, they don't allow PTA funds to pay staff salaries.

The policy on targeted donations is going to depend on the school.  Our Focus School has a policy at the principal's level that you cannot donate something big to a single class.  At the very least, it would need to benefit all of the kids in that grade.  So, you need the grade level teachers to band together and work on a project.  [/quote]

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