Question: PTO and Teachers have separate fund raisers

My daughters school has a division between the PTO and the teachers. What money the PTO fundraisers generates is used to promote school programs and other activites for the kids. The teachers raise money separately through threir own fund raising to fund supplies, etc. We seem to be competing against each other and over taxing parents with fundraisers. Most parents don't realize the disctintion. There seems to be a relcutance to combine the two... most PTO member wuld be happy to split profits from fundraisers or work out a percentage that goes to the teachers. I think it would be more successful for both parties. Anyone's school currently have these combined... pro's/con's...

Asked by Anonymous

Answers:

Community Advice

Roger.Devine writes:
At our school, we had a specific section of our annual auction that was about funding classroom needs - a "pick board" where guests could select an item they wanted to fund, with an amount on it, and the money raised through each of these was passed through to the teachers, to make the intended purchase.

The trick is that the money you raise one year generally gets spent the following year, if your fundraising event is in the spring. This could work in your favor, when talking the teachers into it - they can see it at work one spring, and if it works, then they can drop their separate effort the following fall.

Roger

Community Advice

milkbrain writes:
When we do fundriasers we do them with specific goals in mind. For example we are getting ready to do Original Works (Art on products) and ALL the money raised goes to the Art program at our school. In the fall fundraiser, the money goes towards field trips. There is no reason why your group can't do a fundraiser and have the profits go to something specific