School fundraisers??

[WriterofWords]

WOW, I wouldn't never question your dedication but many parents are just as jaded with bad school districts as you are with bad parents.

I know, but when you look at how many parents there are as compared to school districts,, well you know what I'm getting at. We have fabulous parents in my district, wonderful ones, but yes we do have the lousy ones. Just like everyone points their fingers at the districts, I'm not going to back down on my own stance. It takes good parent to make a good district too, ones who are involved, ones who care, ones who will call the main district offices to voice their concerns. The ones I refer to are the ones who are too cheap to buy supplies but they can sure afford their booze and cigs! The ones I refer to are the ones who complain about sending enough supplies, or the right supplies, and fuss about the cost, but they can afford to have fake nails put on and the upkeep on those are really expensive, and no I don't mean the ones who do it at home. If they can afford all the little nice-nice things for themselves, they can afford to send their children to school prepared.​

 

[purr]

my problem with these is they hit you with it before the kids have been in school a whole week.
its ridiculous , the items are overpriced and I live in a very small town so your getting hit up by at least 5 kids per family. And then the little ones( yes they start this in kindergarten ) can't sell so the parents end up doing it and how does that teach them anything. You know the kids who's parents work in a factory are going to be selling way more than your child can keep up with.
And its not like this is a once a year event either our school system does it the first week in school and again in the spring. Not to mention bake sales throughout the year

 

[warmfuzzies]

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29%!!! Wow. And I just read that 80% of people in prison cant read well enough to fill out basic employment forms. Sounds like our schools are filling our prisons.

I think school fund raisers teach children that you dont have to take responsibility for yourself of our projects, but you should just get someone else to do it for you. What an example to be put out by 'educators'.

 

[ebwy]

maybe it's different now, or just different in the UK..

the only fundraising activities we did were sponsored events (people sign up to pay X amount per book the kid reads in a week or whatever), and not more than one per term, and they weren't compulsory.

And the only supplies we had to take to school were our own pens, pencils, rulers, protracters etc. Glue, paper, notebooks etc were all provided by the school.

Fun trips etc we did have to pay for, though. They weren't provided free. Except the ones that were an essential part of the subject - we didn't have to pay for our geology field trips etc

 

[Whispering Winds]

I don't let my 9 year old sell anything . . . I give him $20 not too. I know it sounds crazy, but he saves half and spends the othe half, and it keeps us from having to ask people who barely get by as it is. It's candy this year. My theory when I was in PTO was to sell the $1 candy bars. They were BIG, you felt like you really got your money's worth, and almost everyone had a $1 or two for a candy bar. Some kids would be able to sell a thousand of them before the time was up. . .but no, we were suppose to sign the permission form this year, and they sent home a sack worth $52 worth of THE BEST CHOCOLATE IN THE WORLD they were told. Forget that. The prizes are cheesy, and you have to sell thousands of dollars worth of stuff in order to get that $10 IPOD. Gotta be a better way to make money!!!

 

[keystonepaul]

We Sell what we can and don't complain. Our PTA and school principal pretty much outline what the fundraisers will be and what they are for at the begining of the year. My thinking is if you don't give to the school what exactly IS a better cause. How much on beer or wine are we spending. How much on Cigs? How much on our magazines, hobbies, etc. If you don't know where the school fund raising money is going ask. If your upset about extravegent trips the teachers, admin are going on or how the budget is set up go to the board meetings. Heck run for a position on the school board for that matter. Make people take notice if yo think something can be better. If you don't like your school district I'm all for doing something about it and moaning and groaning ain't it. As for how much is spent on sports- it is expensive but what exactly would many of our kids be doing without school sports - something less productive for sure. Growing up some of my brothers and sisters and I played sports some were in the band, some chorus etc all have a cost and all seem to have fundraiser. All in the end were worthwhile. There's enough out there to tempt our kids in the wrong direction so when something that makes a postive different comes along asking for some help my family does and gives what they can. Sorry for not joining the gripe session. Keystonepaul

 

[deb1]

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29%!!! Wow. And I just read that 80% of people in prison cant read well enough to fill out basic employment forms. Sounds like our schools are filling our prisons.

I think school fund raisers teach children that you dont have to take responsibility for yourself of our projects, but you should just get someone else to do it for you. What an example to be put out by 'educators'.

In defense of educators, some of this is the fault of parents also. I think that there is enough blame to go around.

 

[Boyd]

keystonepaul - our sports are pay to play. there are no fundraisers for sports. Cough up $200 per sport per kid or they don't play.

 

[WriterofWords]

Boyd, the most dedicated teacher in the world will not get a student to graduate who does not care if they do or don't graduate. I do my darndest every single day of the school year; but if the student doesn't want to learn or care to, and the parents won't enforce homework, or come to P/T meetings,,, then you can't hold me as a teacher responsible for the child not passing or graduating. That is one of the biggest complaints about No Child Left Behind,,, it blames the teachers for lazy students and parents that just don't care. We need to change the name to No Child is Held Accountable for Themselves.

 

[EweSheep]

Within two weeks of my DD going to public school, this will be the first fundraiser for the year and wants us to participate. The school will get 55% profit on every item sold. We are to sign permission slip forms before we can get the order forms. What is the reward? A healthy meal from the school!

Gee, with five dollars, I can get DD a healthy meal and an ice cream!

They did not say what they were planning to do with the profit either. No notes no flyer what and how the fundraising money will go for. UGH!