Vote for Fox Elementary to win $50,000!
Vote for Fox Elementary to win a $50,000 school beautification grant. Voting ends on Monday, May 7th!
What better way to celebrate Fox’s centennial year than with a beautification grant! The money from this grant would be used to upgrade plantings in front of the school, replace an antiquated outdoor water fountain, as well as purchase mulch and grass seed for the playground and soccer field.
how about 50,000 to do something useful at blackwell elementary. no seriously, it kills me to think about that outdated water feature those poor kids have to look at everyday. the squalor those poor souls have to endure.
@ben. Dead on. It amazes me just how willing the parents of the privileged are to ask for MORE MORE MORE. The idea of wasting $50K on beautifying an already prosperous school sickens me. Especially considering that other elementary schools in Richmond proper, like Greene, Chimborazo, and Blackwell struggle for enough money to keep the kids in PENCILS and have often had two classes sharing classrooms due to overcrowding. So out of touch you are, Fox PTA, yet so often with your hand out.
The thing is, though, is that anyone at any school could have put their school up for this contest, for free. Instead of slamming the Fox community, perhaps you could take it upon yourself to seek out opportunities to win money for the other schools. Why didn’t someone at Blackwell/Chimbo/etc enter their school for this if they need money so badly?
@Julia Most likely because of parental involvement, which tends to parallel levels of parental education and income. And also because they know that a polished turn is still only a turd. Pretending that there isn’t a gross amount of inequity between the various City schools doesn’t make it disappear. Perhaps involving the children and parents of Fox in a PTA funds-sharing program via a Spend, Save, Share approach could help raise awareness of the huge disconnect which exists across racial and economic lines.
Harriet – There is a “gross amount of inequity.” Between the time and energy Fox parents put into their schools, and that of parents in other schools. You note that parental involvement tends to parallel parental education and income, but fail to recognize that is the problem. Fox does not get more money than others from the School Board, it gets less. It seems to me that other parents need to step up. Or they can listen to you for excuses for their failures and a scapegoat to blame.