Collaboration for Student Success
While public education is “free,” high-quality public education is not, requiring supplemental funding to maintain our success. Fortunately, PPIE and all our parent clubs (PTA, PTSA, and PFC as well as our school booster clubs for athletics, music, and other activities) work together to ensure that all funds go to school classrooms to benefit our students.
In 2017, to ensure cooperation with PTA/PTSA and PFC and to provide clarity to parents, we established the following guildelines
- PPIE primarily funds STAFF (e.g. supplemental support for classified staff like librarians, counselors, intervention teachers, etc.) while the parent clubs primarily fund STUFF, including class materials and technology, school activities, and teacher and parent development. PPIE also funds projects through our teacher and student grant programs. PTAs occasionally fund extra staff, BUT as PPIE funds more staff then PTAs can devote more resources to other needed programs.
- PTA on PPIE Board: to ensure ongoing collaboration, the President of the PTA Council will have a permanent seat on the PPIE Board. PPIE also has Ambassadors to serve as liaisons with Pleasanton schools and parent club executive boards.
- PPIE established an annual funding cycle to solicit school site and PUSD input concerning how PPIE funds should be allocated each year to support Pleasanton schools and students.
Together, we ensure your donations go to your schools and classrooms to provide students with an exceptional learning environment. We strongly encourage you to support both efforts to provide a solid educational foundation for our students.