June 2011 - Castor Valley Elementary School Council

This was appreciated...it's good to meet the teachers early in the school year, rather than waiting for the first parents night. Especially important in a school like
CV where children are bussed in and parent contact can be more limited.
this is a very important event
Will participate next year.
Like meeting teachers. Didn't purchase food.
From a meet the teacher night perspective, I find this event a waste of time. No time to actually meet the teacher or have a valuable dialogue
We usually participate, however this year we were unable to attend.
I like this start of the year opportunity
Great chance to socialize but hard to actually meet the teachers.
I will be participating next year - 1st time I have anyone in grade 1!
I find that there are usually a handful of parents that take all the "teacher time" and we never actually get the meet the teacher anyway.
MONETARY DONATION
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I like the idea of picking and choosing which fundraiser we wish to support. It does become quite challenging at times trying to ask people for $ especially when
you have more than one child at that school.
This is a NO for me - there is more to fundraisng events, rather than profit. Fundraisers help contribute to the whole ethos of the school, bring parents into the
building & are fun! Donations are always nice & I appreciate that they are a convenient option but I'd hate to see them taking over from the fundraising totally as
the benefits & fun from our events would be missed. Fundraising gives us a sense of the fact that it is "our" school/"our" community & we're working for a
common goal.
Not sure about this, I like the fundraising initiatives.
leaving this ater this year
If you decide to do this type fundraising, please stagger the donation - ie: October and February
I just fpoiund that this past year was money,money,money. I know it was an exeptional year for fundraising (2 play structures). But the requests for money was
none stop right from the first day of school. I felt overwhelmed for the first 4 months of school.
no money to spend on fundraisers.. hard enough to get money put aside meals and milk program are about it
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Sorry, don't recall this fundraiser.
Parents should absolutely not be asked to contribue money. Not every family at this school is wealthy and I think this is a huge misconception.
I will support fundraising or I would do a monetary donation if the committee preferred to go this route.
I would agree to this plan.
I feel there is enough fundraising events that I will not be giving extra monies above and beyond what is already asked of us.
We donated money to the school instead of participating in the "product" fundraisers, and will likely do this in the future. We try to keep our consumerism to a
minimum, and so many of the "buy something" fundraisers do not work for us. We also find that many of these fundraisers work on "peer pressure" for our child
to participate - we object to that but do recognize that fundraising is important - thus the monetary donation.
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