In 2014, when my kids were in grade school, I stopped funding our PTAs at an elementary and a middle school (I have/had 6 kids go through d65) and I sent in all those funds to Oakton school after learning that they raised only like 7-10k that year while my two schools were regularly raising 30-50k. I know it isn’t equal or fair. But PEP …
In 2014, when my kids were in grade school, I stopped funding our PTAs at an elementary and a middle school (I have/had 6 kids go through d65) and I sent in all those funds to Oakton school after learning that they raised only like 7-10k that year while my two schools were regularly raising 30-50k. I know it isn’t equal or fair. But PEP gives me shivers- it is not transparent at all and local control over money is best in my experience, figuring out a tithe goal to PEP based off of the previous year’s earnings.
In 2014, when my kids were in grade school, I stopped funding our PTAs at an elementary and a middle school (I have/had 6 kids go through d65) and I sent in all those funds to Oakton school after learning that they raised only like 7-10k that year while my two schools were regularly raising 30-50k. I know it isn’t equal or fair. But PEP gives me shivers- it is not transparent at all and local control over money is best in my experience, figuring out a tithe goal to PEP based off of the previous year’s earnings.