i dont think i made much sense. what i mean is, ask your principal where is it WRITTEN (a complaining school board member is not good enough if there is nothing to back up their complaint) that you cant run this. get the reasons, where is it in policies/guidelines/rules/regs. if theres nothing written prohibitibng it, then its up to the principal to to decide, i should think. but if he has told you NO already, and there is nothing substantive behind it, its a bit tricky. all politics, then. good luck

same here, all fundraisers must be approved at least by the principal, if not by the district too. EVERYTHING goes thru these hoops, so these kinds of issues have never come up before.

maybe the best soluntion is to CALL (do not email) the principal and talk things thru, she should be able to give you the best guidance for your particular situation. it doenst matter how other schools operate, what matters is how your school and district operate. for example, there may be boe or local school policies that youre not aware of, that relate to such things. your princpal should be able to handle all your concerns.

I don't know if we have a non compete clause in our district, but We have to inform our school district of our fundraiser plans and get approval before we can sign any contracts.

Hi there. Sorry I am at work right now, busy and just received an email from our principal stating her received a call from a school board member complaining about our pocket peeler fall fundraiser. His email states that teh local HS band boosters sells them and that we dont want to compete and that we are being "told" not to sell them.

First things first---can we as the PTO be ordered to not sell a particular fundraiser by the school board or the district administrator?
2nd: Since PTO knew about the fact that band had sold them in the past---but a large majority of our parents do not have HS kids and never have been asked...and really want to get pocket peelers---PTO decided to offer 2 other companies (Candles and TS) which many parents want too. This way families can pick and choose which to sell.
3rd: It also was mentioned as parents voted on this that many parents sell for their grade schoolers at work---and most parents (we live in a relly small town) work outside of the district and will not compete against any HS going door to door.
4th: It was voted on with all this knowledge at the Spring meeting. and then was brought up again at this past meeting last week again, so everyone was aware of the HS possibly selling too. And it was also brought up thatPark and Rec decided to sell now too.
5th: If we are hurting anyone we are hurting ourselves--since we are the last to sell.
- I know I am rambling but I am sick with a sinus infection, my head is killing me, and I know that I am most likely not thinking clearly. So please forgive me.
Any info----and sanity would be great.
Thanks