In all liklihood, none of the money from the fundraisers is going to the school

Oct 7, 2015
10:03:14am

BYUMizzou

or school district itself. Most likely it's all going to support organizations like PTO/PTA. That's typically how they raise the money to buy new playground equipment, smart boards, computers, tablets, etc., that they donate to the school.

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School Fundraisers. I hate them. I now understand my mother.

Ty10s_WinGames

10/7/15 9:12am

What grade?

SandYFan

10/7/15 9:18am

Second

Ty10s_WinGames

10/7/15 12:41pm

Same here. My son came home with commemorative cups to sell. These are plastic

supertux

10/7/15 9:20am

What drives me crazy is how they have big pep rallies to brainwash them.

UNLVcougar

10/7/15 9:22am

Yep mine is 5 also and he came home wanting to buy this "super cool"

supertux

10/7/15 9:26am

The company making the yo-yos gets a nice cut too.

kunarcougar

10/7/15 9:32am

Yeah, and on top of that, I'm not about to let my kid start calling relatives

UNLVcougar

10/7/15 9:35am

They're really good at making kids believe they can actually sell 1000 magazine

KingDave

10/7/15 9:30am

What also bugs me is when the little kids come knocking on our door

KingDave

10/7/15 9:36am

as a kid we did the holiday fundraisers with candy and wrapping paper. we would

supertux

10/7/15 9:38am

Here's the problem(s)

bluebloodedcoug

10/7/15 9:39am

I don't blame the teachers for this, and wouldn't want to see their salaries cut

UNLVcougar

10/7/15 9:50am

What gets me is that they always done fundraisers and probably always will

KingDave

10/7/15 10:03am

Alpine is not the biggest school district in the nation... it's the biggest

TheDeek

10/7/15 11:57am

An 8-4 workday is a myth

bluebloodedcoug

10/7/15 12:09pm

I seriously doubt they expect her at an Elementary School by 7am

TheDeek

10/7/15 1:28pm

You might be right, but to sum up let me rehash the argument like you aren't.

bluebloodedcoug

10/7/15 1:36pm

Sorry Deek, you are dead wrong

oldman

10/7/15 2:24pm

dead wrong?

TheDeek

10/7/15 2:35pm

What you're talking about is the effect of low pay

bluebloodedcoug

10/7/15 3:01pm

"It's so ironic that LDS people place so much importance on the value of kids...

runnincoug

10/7/15 3:04pm

you. don't. get. it.

TheDeek

10/7/15 3:07pm

LOL I'm more than happy to discuss anything you've got

bluebloodedcoug

10/7/15 3:36pm

Common sense is common; good sense isn't.

DeepCCoug

10/8/15 7:20am

RE: I seriously doubt they expect her at an Elementary School by 7am

Tweege

10/7/15 11:09pm

It's not even the biggest in Utah. Davis is 1 spot ahead on the list.

slatecoug

10/8/15 10:26am

The apex fun run. Donate x amount per lap your child runs.

blackandblue

10/7/15 9:41am

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Buffalo

10/7/15 10:04am

I guarantee the teachers see ZERO dollars from fundraisers.

tebowned

10/7/15 9:43am

In all liklihood, none of the money from the fundraisers is going to the school

BYUMizzou

10/7/15 10:03am

Seeing Teacher's Salaries

BYU I Bleed Blue

10/7/15 10:30am

You should be able to, it's public record. I know you can see professors' income

runnincoug

10/7/15 10:49am

RE: You should be able to, it's public record. I know you can see professors'

KingDave

10/7/15 10:50am

In Utah you can look up any individual teacher

bluebloodedcoug

10/7/15 10:55am

A friend of mine has been a teacher in Utah for about 17 years and yes they work

jzzlvr

10/7/15 11:15am

Yes. . .sorry that wasn't clear. WHat I'm saying is that we should see where

Ty10s_WinGames

10/7/15 12:55pm

My daughter's middle school has a jog-a-thon and where the money goes

KingDave

10/7/15 1:43pm

I think most schools would do fairly well with a fundraiser opt-out fee

LaserCoug

10/7/15 10:36am

Dealing with the parents who couldn't afford or just didn't want to pay the opt

bluebloodedcoug

10/7/15 10:44am

I'm glad we did pizza growing up

Justinodhan

10/7/15 10:49am

Homeschool. That is all.

panguitch

10/7/15 1:46pm

Old saying about a man who represents himself in a court of law

oldman

10/7/15 2:27pm

Said by Abraham Lincoln. Who never went to school.

panguitch

10/7/15 3:38pm

Check-o-thon FTW

bryantthesmith

10/7/15 3:11pm

To me, the transparency that is glaringly missing is how much of what the kids

morningcalmcougar

10/8/15 12:54am

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