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> > > > It's great at making fundraising lucrative!
> > The
> > > > parents decide if they want to include
> their
> > > kids
> > > > in the asking for pledges part. And the fun
> > run
> > > is
> > > > fun for kids.
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> > > Time for an in-classroom happy dance!
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https://youtu.be/nQWd_e2Qkew
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> > That looks like a ton of fun for the kids! I saw
> a
> > couple days of the Boosterthon program at my
> sons
> > school and one of the days they did a dance
> party
> > like that for the class after they did the
> > character lesson. The dance party was about 5
> > minutes long and they got it because the class
> hit
> > a goal on their pledge-o-meter poster. I
> thought
> > it was pretty cool that they did that. That was
> > the whole class is getting awarded rather than
> > just kids that are getting pledges. That way
> kids
> > don't feel left out if they're not raising
> money.
> > A+ Boosterthon!
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> Some people have what appear to be valid
> objections to Boosterthon, such as the use of
> school time and the percentage taken by
> Boosterthon.
>
> But being for it because of prizes or dance
> parties is really questionable. The person
> comparing Boosterthon to the drug trade may have
> engaged in hyperbole, but the idea that we need to
> contract with people to come in and run a five
> minute dance party is really ridiculous, even by
> FCPS standards. So what is the agenda of these
> Boosterthon supporters? Are these people who
> really like the trips to Atlanta or are we seeing
> the work of Boosterthon employees?
What I find funny is you people complain if your kids feel left out if they don't get prizes so Boosterthon responds by adding class awards to the program so all kids are included in things even if they don't raise money and yet you still complain. You complain that prizes aren't high quality but if Boosterthon bought high quality prizes they would have to giv eless of the revenue back to the school and you would complain about that.
That's the reason FCPS and others have stopped responding to you...because it doesn't matter what Booster or FCPS does, you are still going to complain.