
Michele - posted on 11/10/2011 ( 12 moms have responded )
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/201...
As parents are asked for more and more help via fundraising, different schools have more available funds. Schools that have wealthier parents are able to fund more things (e.g. art and music). Santa Monica/Malibu would change the rules so that all funds raised by an individual school would go to a central educational foundation that would be used for all schools in the district.
Would you donate as much time and money to fundraisers if the money was not going to your child's school?
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I doubt it, but I'm not sure. I'd like to say yes, I would, but I honestly don't think I would.
Here's the thing. I volunteer to make MY child's education better. I feel my presence in his school benefits him directly. I do volunteer for community projects that do not impact our family directly, but the work I do for the school is not one of them--The only reason I volunteer at the school is to benefit J directly, it's something I do just for him.
Plus, I think the whole schools with wealthier parents can raise more $$ is a bit off. Most of our money comes form partnerships with local businesses, not the parents. We have one fundraiser where the kids have to sell stuff--that would certainly do better in more affluent schools, but we are considered one of those schools and we get less than 5% of our income from that fundraiser. 5% comes from PTO membership purchases, and the Fall Carnival. The other 90+% comes from business partnerships, and those businesses are located all over town, not just in our school radius, so a less affluent school would have those same opportunities, right?