So Chantilly high school sent along this attachment showing we're already presumptively opted in to having our children take a survey about their character strengths and weaknesses. Among these: VIA identifies one of the character strengths as 'spirituality' and 'transscendence', therefore, there are four questions that inquire about the importance of or belief in prayer, faith, or higher power
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Yet Another Boosterthon Thread: From https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10155641370557739&id=285574712738 Hacking Equifax, Target and Uber undoubtedly took a great deal of time and talent. But Booster Enterprises made it easy. They put the password to their fundraising database - which holds information about children and their contributors - into a video which was found on
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The PTA or PTO of these schools are doing Boosterthons this fall nonetheless. Kings Park Kings Glen Forest Edge Navy Oakton It's possible, I suppose, that there's some kinda grace period...?
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Steve Bannon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What % of school "fun runs" is done by > BOOSTERathon? My daughter attends Silverbrook > Elem. Do you mean what % of child-generated revenue goes to Boosterthon? Well first, it should bother people that parents such as yourself rarely know the answer to this question. This % should be made clear up front.
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How it looks inside the classroom: https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=26f_1493585920 Nope, nothing for parents to complain about...
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Never too late to update an old thread, eh? ;) FCPS finally publishes their new R1370 prohibiting PTA/Os from Boosterthons. New thead: http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/2646631/2646631.html
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> ME and MY precious money? > I am not the one using kids to raise money instead of teaching them > to sign their name. I don't give a rat's ass about them having fun with > fundraisers. +1 Last spring, Poplar Tree ES polled their members: no-fuss or Boosterthon? Within a week, they had their answer: 40% Boosterthon, 60% no-fuss. A couple years before, the same school used no-f
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Newest version of FCPS regulation R1370 finally published. New thread: http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/2646631/2648317.html
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Newest version of FCPS regulation R1370 finally published. New thread: http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/2646631/2648317.html
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"Is anyone else shocked by how many racist people are on here?" No need to be shocked. Cary's tolerance of hatred has been well known for many years.
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At loooong last, the revamped R1370 is published. Most notable, perhaps, is that fun runs need to be managed by the school, not school-supporting orgs (like PTA/Os), and funds need to be recorded through the local school activity fund (LSAF). See "Attachment A" in this attachment or at http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/AP8LL3518FBC/$file/R1370%20.pdf
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... And a fairly typical contract between Booster and schools/PTAs/PTOs was posted in its entirety to this Facebook page a while back: http://bit.ly/2dHGU2j
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354675468 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Meaning, on an FCPS contract. Not anywhere close to ideal, of course, but a small improvement because the FCPS-Booster contract is more stringent than Booster's boilerplate contract which PTAs and PTOs typically just up and sign. FCPS-Booster contract: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/cregister/ContractDetails.aspx?contr
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Meals Tax Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > NewHorizon Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > > If parents are "intolerant" of hiring a > for-profit > > company for the purpose of hyping our children > > into being as lucrative as possible, it isn't a > > bad thing. > > You mean like Innisbrook, Sally Fo
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If anybody's got something to say to FCPS about R1370, NOW would be an excellent time to speak up. In the July 8th Superintendent’s Update, I'm told, there's a section section about updating fundraising regulations which tells of a meeting with about 50 stakeholders recently conducted. As a result of that meeting and other Emails received, a decision was made to create a task force. There are
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435yrty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >Admin running amok. Parents and children being hurt. This forum needs a "Like" button. ;)
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rumor has it Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They are supposedly working on a new 1370 and finishing up soon........... R1102.9(III) reads, "Regulations are reviewed and updated every five years or sooner." So FCPS stands in violation of R1102 by 2-1/2 years. If FCPS requires us to abide by their regulations, then what kind of example does this set?
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James Igor Dundren-Speckmiest Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Children don't deliver papers anymore to earn > prizes (remember GRIT). This is a shortcut for > fun. Don't know GRIT. But yeah, these days, kids have their greedy mugs put on YouTube and wait for people to throw money at 'em: https://youtu.be/rP4qssVser8
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you are not very smart Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bookfair's are paid directly to PTA Which doesn't mean the regulations related to managing the finances of school-sponsored activities don't exist.
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"If FCPS will sponsor (or co-sponsor) the activity or event, follow these guidelines: Clearly advertise the activity or event as FCPS-sponsored (or co-sponsored). Ensure that supervision of the planning, organizing, and completion of the activity or event is by an FCPS employee. Also, an FCPS employee must be present for the activity or event. Ensure that parents or guardians of student-participa
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you are not very smart Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If she endures it she sponsors it. The piece missed here is that all funds raised through school-sponsored fundraising activities must be receipted into the local school activity funds. For PTA Boosterthons, contributors are asked to pay the PTA.
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Spin Cycle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.boosterthonlovesfairfax.com > > Boosterthon's response to Fairfax residents' > concerns about them. An excellent list of questions! Questions are insightful too - altho' not always in a good way. And then there's this video of Booster's Blake practicing an in-classroom performance: https://youtu.
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you are not very smart Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > answer this for me. are you ok with other school > fundraisers/activities that take away from > instruction time. You want just a "yes" or "no" for all school-sponsored and non-school-sponsored activities including - but not limited to - fundraisers, and including those which violate regulations and
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you are not very smart Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > so..... if principals plan the events so that they > don't interrupt instructional time then they are > aren't interrupting If you only read the first green sentence, then I understand why my question was left open.
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you are not very smart Wrote: > I am a parent of an elementary school student, and > son of administrators. Welcome. Are administrators aware that FCPS makes no provision for non-school-sponsored activities (ex: PTA/O Boosterthons) on campuses during normal school hours? "The current version of 1370 states that principals should ensure that fundraising activities do not interfere with
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And what about the children? Without the FCPS-Booster contract in force for a PTA Boosterthon, what agreements are in place between FCPS and Booster to ensure their physical safety? FCPS's answer? There are none - we just let the principals and PTAs know about the noncontrolling(!) FCPS contract, hope that PTAs do something, and call it a day. This is a lawsuit just waiting to happen - defend
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lkjughd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > OK they haven't calculated the costs, because they > say teachers are not idle while actively > supervising this non-instructional activity, so it > is not a problem??????? It's not unusual for teachers/staff to supervise "non-instructional activity" at various times during normal school hours. No school is 100
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Dare Taken! Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If there are 500 kids in a school, that's > $16875 (average 2.5 hours for Boosterthon). Amazingly, FCPS puts the figure at $0. http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/1977772/2003621.html#msg-2003621
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The attachment is what I scanned in from a hard copy of a response FCPS sent to me. Private-message me if you'd like more info.
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NewHorizon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But yeah, for all the talk of voting out the > School Board, it's just not on the radar for the > many voters like yourself who've never been > exposed to the issue. If I'm wrong about that, I wouldn't mind: "I have had many voters talk to me about their concerns regarding fundraising during school hours. Al
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