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the dreaded fundraising debate
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With all the usual angst over fundraising that seems to crop up annually whatever happened to simply advising parents to use their own common sense.
Just say no!
Absolutely nothing catastrophic will happen. Your child is still guaranteed an educatio…
Those who become engaged in their schools and do so by fundraising are recognized for their contributions indeed.
However they can not be the same parents who scream at the government for lack of funding because in actuality parents are filling the…
When one figures out that school councils are essentially a captive audience of parents why wouldn't an organization like People for Education wish to take advantage and infuse the P4E issues and agenda through the school boards and system which it…
I don't have a problem with a textbook deposit. It might help kids take care of those very expensive glossy textbooks.
P.S. - People for Education through Annie is often heard talking about the fear of a two tiered education system, yet fundraising does that like nothing else creating those have and have not schools.
Would a school be considered a "have" school if…
Thanks Leslie . you asked "How many parent really know what parent councils are about?"
That can be answered by an effective council. After, what is it, 11 years of school councils if there are parents who still don't know then it's up to the schoo…
Right Annie - they're all over the map, some schools without councils...and no one's followed up provincially in a long, LONG time.
I just don't believe that councils should be about the money.....period. Quality education can't always be bought. P…
Leslie - How do you know then that your school council is effective? As advisory bodies what advice has your council offered and how was is taken...or not?
In short, at some point councils are accountable to the parents of the community they repres…
Archana - you're not alone in your feelings. It's more common than you know. The good news is that there are parents like me around who actually see how the system uses me and then spits me out or ignores me when I ask to many intelligent questions…
Our schoolbook policy involved a $50 deposit. Books for a new semester were not to be issued by any teacher to students with outstanding books on record (the school employed a sophisticated inventory tracking system integrated with the book deposit.…
Hi Bob,
I am very sorry that I sounded that I did not care about peanut allergies. I meant that it was not a problem at our school. We parents were actually very surprised to see peanut butter in the food cupboard. We asked staff about peanut butter…
Hello Joanne,
I can tell by your story that you have kindness in your heart and am warmed by your Samaritan response to a child’s hunger. I mean no chastisement by my comments.
I am shaken by your parenthetical comment, "yep amazingly not allergie…
Hi Christine,
Here is our Catholic School Parents Association Website address (Ottawa Catholic School Parents Association CSPA) http://www.ottawacspa.ca/ or go to Ottawa Catholic School Board and the PRO Grant info is on the front page.
We at CSPA…
Me too
My son's high school fees top $190 so far including $10 for a French workbook, $10, English workbook, $15 geography workbook - no mention of alternative accomodation for those who can't afford.
My daughter's middle school fees now at $58 +…
At our elementary school, the school council stocked a food cupboard with food for students who did not bring lunch. We found out about a very sad situation in the school. Two girls, one in grade 6 and one in grade 3 shared a lunch. The older girl b…
In our school the pricipal buys pizza lunches for students who either forget their lunch or were not able to bring one. It is paid for by school fundraisers, and no one really knows how much is spent on pizza each year. Obviously we don't want kids…
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Kristine Garcia said… - Hello Catherine and welcome to the P4E online community!
My name is Kristine and I'm a student at Ryerson University working towards an IT Management Bachelor’s Degree and volunteering at P4E this summer. Feel free to send me a message if you have any questions about the online community. What areas of education are you most interested in? How did you find P4E?
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Minister axes Provincial Parent Voice
Hello - I read today in Moira MacDonald's column that Minister Wynne has axed the provincial parents group. To be honest when I found out that the Minister was expunging the group out of the education act, the writing was on the wall long ago.
I don't think replacing the group with regional PICs will change things unfortunately. All that's going to do is move the frustration felt by parents at the provincial level down to regional level.
What's really rich, and something that I agree totally w… Continue
I don't think replacing the group with regional PICs will change things unfortunately. All that's going to do is move the frustration felt by parents at the provincial level down to regional level.
What's really rich, and something that I agree totally w… Continue
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There seems to be so many different ways of functioning. I'm not even sure myself what is correct or even legal or minimally, what is allowed or acceptable. Question: Do any school fundraising groups out there, whether school council or parent group…
Hi marbat: You can get the details on the fundraising consultation regarding provincial guidelines on fundraising, student fees, and corporate sponsors from your board's PIC/Chair or Director. The deadline is Jan. 15.
Does anyone have experience with a board committee proposing removing students from a small community with a healthy elementary population, bussing them into the city to prop up a city school that has neighboring schools in the urban boundary that a…
Where would I find this fund raising policy discussion-- if its a formal question from the Ministry, I think our board has already made the decision years ago. School Councils have no bank account in our boards; we can decide to do a fund raiser and…
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Marbat, I have a different take. Schools council's exist, ie. in business terms are their own entity. We have bylaws, voting structure etc. If we fundraise we direct the funds- the principal cannot "out vote us".
To some of your points.
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