I was astounded when I read of the efforts of some parents to raise funds for their kids' public school. The school is one which falls in the middle; it gets little money from the government and parents cannot afford to send their kids to a private school. Here are some of the projects funded by the $185,000 the school's PTA raised last year:
- for professional development for teachers
- in-school “enhancement” programs, which translates to classes in art and science
- a Junior Great Books literacy program for third and fourth graders
- middle school students exposure to a second language
- 14 days of cross-curricular writing provided by the nonprofit Teachers and Writers Collaborative
- prep course for eighth graders taking the high school admissions test.
Is this a public school?
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