School District Parents

The generosity of the community when it comes to our district is inspiring. They continue to give and support our children and the district. They have always been there when the district needed them, whether in time, resources or money.

What the Patrons Do

For the school year 2006-2007:

• They donated over $85,000 to the elementary schools for their walkathons.
• The Deer Creek Schools Foundation is reported record donations this year.
• Don't forget all the support the they have given each booster program.

School Activity Fund

What goes into the School Activity Fund? It is funded by:

• Gate Receipts
• Concession Sales Fundraisers done through schools by students such as band students selling Blue and Gold Sausage, etc.

It is budgeted this year to be $1.3 million, up from $1 million last year. As a barometer it a great way to measure the school district support from parents and patrons. There is no doubt that parents continue to be very supportive of the school.

What is off the Radar

How many of you have sent in paper, ink, books, and other supplies? When the schools ask, it is a heart warming to see overwhelming amount of supplies that are sent in. While these items are off the radar when it comes to reported budgeted numbers, they certainly count and help the teachers enormously.

The Superintendent stated at recent board meeting that there was more money available to each schools' individual accounts. Apparently there is some extra bond money available that could be transferred to the school if needed. Borrowing from Paul to pay Mary ... is that a good business practice? We think not but that is another post for another day.

Where do we go from here?

When you add up all of the money the parents and patrons of the school district will give to the school this year, the number would come in over $2 million easily. But yet some still think we should give more. That may be true but we think that the problem may not lie in the amount of funds received but actually in how the funds are spent. It seems as too many questionable purchase have been approved by the Superintendent. It seems that once the Superintendent approves these purchase, the school board is not spot checking under $5K items to ensure that they are in fact necessary and needed. You would think that the administrators and the school board could figure out how to efficiently operate our school district with the funds they have received.

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Notes & Corrections: We stated yesterday that the Superintendent voted against the PTO’s having another fundraiser. The Superintendent actually didn’t vote on the issue.

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