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06.27.08, 05:22 AM NY Schools
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Make fun all you want, but the Anderson parents raised almost $500,000 last year. How much did your school raise? ( This is in response to the I hate the wall color post- I cannot reply directly to it for some reason.) [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 06.27.08, 05:22 AM Flag
 

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PS87--right about the same. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 05:24 AM Flag
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np: how many kids go there [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 05:25 AM Flag
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Around 600. K-5. No MS. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 05:32 AM Flag
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PS 87 makes a ton of money of the Greenflea flea market. It's a great source of revenue, but other schools do not have that sort of "easy money". [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:09 AM Flag
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np-- According to Inside Schools, PS 87 has over 900 kids. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.28.08, 04:37 AM Flag
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And a $1K donation per family seems so cheap compared to cost of private school and day care. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.28.08, 06:14 AM Flag
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Just Anderson, or Anderson + PS9? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 05:33 AM Flag
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Thats just Anderson, I believe PS9 raised the same. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 05:36 AM Flag
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They raised $1 million in that building alone? I don't think so. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 05:41 AM Flag
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41, 234, 97, 199...lots of schools raise that kind of money with only k-5, not k-8. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 05:34 AM Flag
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I mean 87, not 97. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 05:35 AM Flag
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Don't bother. Anderson parents will never stop looking for new ways to post about their superiority. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 05:35 AM Flag
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and every penny is desperately needed. this is one reason we reluctantly turned down ps 11. they raised about $100k last year. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 06:14 AM Flag
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yeah but it's public school (j/k). Is that the kind of answer you are looking for? This post is ridiculous. WHO CARES what publics raise. There will always be complaints from families. Money can't buy happiness [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 06:06 AM Flag
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no, but it buys xerox machines and typing paper and art supplies, etc. it's not a ridiculous post at all, considering the sorry shape the nyc public schools are in. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 08:04 PM Flag
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So, they're a bunch of rich parents who can - good for them, but many schools don't have such an affluent parent body [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 06:14 AM Flag
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it was a joke, sweetie. aimed at the humorless likes of you. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 06:15 AM Flag
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Not a very good joke, you should try again [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 06:17 AM Flag
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it wasn't me. but i at least got it. many of us are sick of all the insane carping, pathetically disguised gloating, navel-gazing, minutiae-parsing and boasts the a parents are passing off as actual posts. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 06:21 AM Flag
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I am sick of that too [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 06:23 AM Flag
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Yep. And it's insane that 50% of the gloating/navel gazing posts are by Anderson parents, while the other 50% are pretty equally divided among dozens of other g&t, private, and public schools. Anderson rules and we all drool. We get it, we get it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:18 AM Flag
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eh. i thought i would do anything to get my dc into anderson. then i started hanging out here and seeing how crazy the parents are. all those rabid divergent thinker posts. i think the mean comments about donna were sort of the last straw for me. the sense of entitlement is mind-boggling. no way i'd want to spend 9 years in that toxic environment where the parents all seem to hate each other, each other's dcs (who apparently don't deserve to be there) and the admin. yuck. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 07:59 PM Flag
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np - You cannot judge anything - whether a school, or parents, or kids - by UB. That is just plain stupid. There are many lying posters, hiding behind their anonymity. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 08:11 PM Flag
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Oh, so you're the stalker that's been hanging out near the school... we called the cops about you! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.28.08, 10:38 AM Flag
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amen sister. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:23 PM Flag
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Our school has 100 million. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 06:24 AM Flag
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General Topics 06.27.08, 06:34 AM Flag
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Anderson should be required to share those funds with less affluent schools. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 07:25 PM Flag
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Why? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 07:55 PM Flag
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ITA, but I feel this way about all publics, not just Anderson. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 07:56 PM Flag
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Why? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 08:01 PM Flag
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Because I think it's a bad idea that parents are allowed to contribute directly to their own dc's school the way they do here in NYC. In other places where I've taught it's not allowed. It intensifies the disparities between the haves and have-nots, and it's unfair in what is supposed to be a public system to serve ALL dc equally. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 08:16 PM Flag
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I think all private schools should tithe over 10% of their fundraising to the poorest schools in NYC every year. Now THAT would be a sh**load of money! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:18 PM Flag
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A number of private schools--among them, Horace Mann, Grace and Little Red--have programs that work with kids in local public schools who need extra help. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.28.08, 04:42 AM Flag
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^^^ The GO Project (Grace Opportunity Project) has a full-day program in July and on Saturdays throughout the school year for public school kids needing extra help. It's a terrific program. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.28.08, 04:51 AM Flag
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Re the idea of pta money going to an all school pool - I think all the kids should wear the same clothes and bring the same food from home because everything should be equal. Given that there are a limited number of good teachers, I think no school should be allowed to have more than 4 good teachers. If the principal of the school is good, the asst principal should be bad. Parents should not be allowed to read at home to their children since other parents do not have the time or the cultural capital to do so, and as a result, their children fall farther behind. Everything should be equal. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.28.08, 04:15 AM Flag
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np: You mock, but it's horrible that some children get a better public education in NYC because their parents have money. It's PUBLIC, it is supposed to be equal. Doesn't meant it should be equal but shitty - you've just bought the lies of the DOE. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.28.08, 06:16 AM Flag
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Why does being "public school" mean every school should be equal? I really don't understand that. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.28.08, 09:38 AM Flag
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Talk about ridiculous logic. The DOE can't control what happens in children's homes, nor should they. They can and should control what happens in their schools. No one is claiming that all inequities can be erased; dc from affluent families will always have an advantage thanks to their home lives. But the PUBLIC school system should not be exacerbating the situation by providing such unequal services to dc in different schools. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.28.08, 09:48 AM Flag
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You do realize that not all of that money comes out of the pockets of parents there, right? A lot of it comes from leveraging the private sector and people who come in from outside the parent body to spend $ on stuff and make donations. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.28.08, 10:39 AM Flag
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Less affluent schools get TONS of Federal and local govt funding to compensate through Title I and other sources. Even at a minimum (say a school with only 20% poverty) they'd get an extra $300-400,000. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.28.08, 10:41 AM Flag
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of course they did. they're the bestest. you're hypersensitive. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:21 PM Flag
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