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hisgirl81 writes:
We are in the same situation. Our principal has left emails to the district requesting the fix. 2 months down the line and there is still no response. So the board members have been calling the district office demanding repaairs, and we are now gathering our parents together and heading to a monthly district meetings. The city and state needs to help fix our schools, and lucky for me we have a very stubborn parent group who is not afraid to get dirty!

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firefighter464 writes:
In this economy people have more skills than $. esp construction workers who may be out of work. If I were you, I'd connect socially and ask around to see who may work in construction to do the repairs. Labor is a big part of a repair. If they will do it for free, that probably puts you 2/3 towards affording it. Then get them to make the estimate on materials and base your fundraiser on that. Do your sports need concessions? Can you do a fix-the-roof bake sale at every game? Better to have families donate baked good than buy/resell on your own. No cash needed up front, everyone is helping by adding the costly labor. I really don't think it needs to be couched in PTO. Just do ti because it needs done. Most folks probably aren't worrying about a tax write off for donating their time and energy or buying a cookie.

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daddario writes:
I recently replaced the roof on my house, and really wanted to put skylights there, I came across a source on the Internet where I found roof lights. The most interesting thing is that this company also installs it. All you have to do is select a specific product and order it. Try it, I hope it works for you.

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