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. To ensure cooperation with PTA/PTSA and PFC and to provide clarity to parents, we established Guidelines in 2017. The Guidelines, which may be viewed here, (click the image above to view) do three things:
- Clarify who funds what: PPIE primarily funds STAFF (e.g. supplemental support for classified staff like librarians, counselors, site technology specialists, 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 technology 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. If you would like to learn more about becoming an Ambassador, visit here.
- PPIE funding cycle: establish an annual cycle (see cycle calendar above) to solicit school site and PUSD input concerning how PPIE funds (collected from Pleasanton families, businesses, and foundations) 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 A+ learning environment. We strongly encourage you to support both efforts to provide a solid educational foundation for our students.
