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Originally Posted by Point Blank
It could act as a committee item, but it leads to problem #2: fundraisers are an equity issue as GGG points out it. Schools in the SW will raise way more money than schools in the NE. Having worked in both quadrants, I can say even small scale parent involvement initiatives, such as parent council, reveal massive wealth gaps. A large public system like the CBE cannot be seen as endorsing initiatives that lead to such large inequitable outcomes.
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You don’t even have to compared different quadrants. My wife was on the parent council at public schools in Cedarbrae and Oakridge, and the latter raised 5x as much money as the former. While in Cedarbrae, raising $83 in a bottle drive was a banner event, in Oakridge they raised thousands from parents simply writing $100 and $200 cheques.