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Anonymous wrote:i think its nice when families who have the additional resources choose to donate money to programs at their local public school. it benefits all of the kids at the school. its one of few instances where you have a very direct, firsthand idea of precisely where your money is going and what it is contributing to. the problems only really start if there is any pressure in the community to donate (despite it being a taxpayer funded public school), perceived social status benefits, control over school programming etc. associated with these type of donations.

They should have a system so all donations are Anonymous to remove influence. At our school a parent's business sponsors an event (and thebusiness had the family name) with a big banner that is up year round. I find it uncomfortable and feel like he should get priority for talking to the principal (which he does a lot)

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Anonymous wrote:i think its nice when families who have the additional resources choose to donate money to programs at their local public school. it benefits all of the kids at the school. its one of few instances where you have a very direct, firsthand idea of precisely where your money is going and what it is contributing to. the problems only really start if there is any pressure in the community to donate (despite it being a taxpayer funded public school), perceived social status benefits, control over school programming etc. associated with these type of donations.

They should have a system so all donations are Anonymous to remove influence. At our school a parent's business sponsors an event (and thebusiness had the family name) with a big banner that is up year round. I find it uncomfortable and feel like he should get priority for talking to the principal (which he does a lot)

Anonymous wrote:Gross. Tell me more how there isn't systemic racism and inequity in DC.

Anonymous wrote:i think its nice when families who have the additional resources choose to donate money to programs at their local public school. it benefits all of the kids at the school. its one of few instances where you have a very direct, firsthand idea of precisely where your money is going and what it is contributing to. the problems only really start if there is any pressure in the community to donate (despite it being a taxpayer funded public school), perceived social status benefits, control over school programming etc. associated with these type of donations.

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Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous. It leads to inequity.

The problem is that DCPS counts on the fundraising when it sets school budgets. So you can't step off of the treadmill now.

The bigger problem is there is absolutely no transparency when it comes to budgeting at DCPS, each school gets a per-pupil number but it's a complete mystery where those numbers come from. So it's impossible to even talk about things like equity and budgeting because nobody really knows.

Yes, and then it just becomes a self fulfilling prophecy for families.

1) New parents crowdsource on the internet for "good" (white schools) and the same 5-6 names pop up;

2) Parent sends kid to the high SES school, they then give extra money to those schools for things like interventionists and additional teaching aides/technology

3) Parent joins group of people in belief that school is "good" when its really just better funded which shows in improved test scores and proficiency

4) New parents reach out to previous parent who joins the cult of donations

5) The rest of the city suffers

The alternative is that parents flee for private for VA/MD publics

Okay Bye then. By making your schools “whole” with private funding it’s already like you’ve left the rest of us for the privates. Why do the UMC of DC consistently threaten us with their wallets

This is so stupid. Someone making a donation to their kid's school is zero threat to you.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous. It leads to inequity.

The problem is that DCPS counts on the fundraising when it sets school budgets. So you can't step off of the treadmill now.

The bigger problem is there is absolutely no transparency when it comes to budgeting at DCPS, each school gets a per-pupil number but it's a complete mystery where those numbers come from. So it's impossible to even talk about things like equity and budgeting because nobody really knows.

Yes, and then it just becomes a self fulfilling prophecy for families.

1) New parents crowdsource on the internet for "good" (white schools) and the same 5-6 names pop up;

2) Parent sends kid to the high SES school, they then give extra money to those schools for things like interventionists and additional teaching aides/technology

3) Parent joins group of people in belief that school is "good" when its really just better funded which shows in improved test scores and proficiency

4) New parents reach out to previous parent who joins the cult of donations

5) The rest of the city suffers

The alternative is that parents flee for private for VA/MD publics

Okay Bye then. By making your schools “whole” with private funding it’s already like you’ve left the rest of us for the privates. Why do the UMC of DC consistently threaten us with their wallets