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Lakeville parent urges district to revise fundraising-communications rule, citing lost PTO revenue
Summary
A Kenwood Trail PTO representative told the Lakeville Area Schools board the district's interpretation of Minnesota's public-purpose doctrine has blocked schools from sending direct fundraising emails on behalf of parent-teacher organizations, putting roughly $315,000 in PTO fundraising at risk.
Catherine Staples, speaking for the Kenwood Trail PTO and on behalf of other Lakeville PTOs, asked the Lakeville Area Schools Board of Education on Sept. 23 to change the district’s rules that bar schools from sending PTO fundraising requests directly to families. Staples said the PTOs previously relied on administrators to forward clear, PTO-branded fundraiser messages to each school's contact list and that the district’s new interpretation of Minnesota’s public-purpose doctrine has stopped that practice. “The district is…
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