Banning parental donations to public schools, contingent upon the provincial government funding all school to a level where donations would be really unnecessary. Plan B on the other hand; pooling all parental donations and distributing them evenly is a pretty brazen ask.
The most marginalized 20%of the school.... raise less than 1/3 of the funds that the least marginalized 20%of school raise. Toronto District School Board (TDSB) the top 10 fundraisers brought in $515 per student and got an average 8.75 out of 10 rating. Unfountunetly the bottom 10 fundraisers brought in $17 per student, and averaged a 5.3 rating. The top 10 TDSB schools in the FRASER INSTITUTE rankings, all ranked 10 out of 9.9 and raised an average of $164.45 per studeent. the bottom 10 rankede an average of 2.3, and brought in an average of $58.64.
Also if it wasn;t for teachers, all the donations would be nothing. You can't replace exelent teachers, with money.
But, the provincial curriculum should be available to all students without an extra dime being paid. It is not fair that students with not alot of money, should not be able to participate in school activites and events. But some programs such as the Pathway to Education, the unapologetically interventionist and spectacularly successful let students who are less fortunet graduate. Programs like that would cost a fortune, but with a few long-term government investments promise better payoffs down the line.
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