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Originally Posted by baddog
Sorry, but I can't see paying $80k a year to give kids a mother. They come with one. If she was truly a "mother" to these kids she would be doing it for free.
Here is a tip to get those things that are no longer in the budget . . . grants. Surely some of the parents at your kids schools work for corporations that love giving out grants that are properly applied for. Those monies can not be used for budgeted school items.
I am responsible for my kids school having a computer lab. Not only did I put it together for them and train the kids [and teachers] to use them, but I got the grant to pay for it.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
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We are mothers to our children, I am talking about in the school environment where they are during the day and parents are working--she is our backup. She contributes beyond anything the position would require and beyond the hours of the job. she has been with the school for so many years and has help take it from the bottom of the school system to the top 5.
as for grants and such, our school raised $45K just in the last silent auction and 'spring fling' and that money is put into a 501c3 so that the school board can't get it and then we distribute the money to continue to build the school and buy what is needed such as computers, building new library, books, and such. We even pay for the school buses out of our own pockets to even take kids on a field trip to learn about new things.
We have the green team to help learn about environment and recycling, the walk to school program, the reading and be kind to others programs, everything that is well rounded.
I have already made a motion that should the vote pass, that the funds we furiously push to get through contributions, gifting, grants, anything...that we allocate some of these funds to keep her on regardless of what the school board does. And if we choose to take money from the 501c3 for her, the school board cannot do anything about it.
The parents at our school are some of the most active, involved and progressive parents around. They are already beginning to work on the junior high in the area that is one of the worst so that by the time our kids get there, it will have begun to change just as our elementary has over these years by the efforts of the parents in the area.
We are doing our best. It's just the overall constant budget cutbacks every year. They are slowing taking everything away from the schools and the kids. It's painful to watch--and it will have consequences down the line for all the new kids who will be going to school and for families who are doing their very best to give their best to their children.
I appreciate your input, and I highly agree, when there is a will, there is a way. Thanks Baddog!