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School committee reviews draft fundraising policy; first reading discourages individual student competitions
Summary
The committee approved a first reading of proposed policy JJE, which discourages fundraising competitions among individual students and requires principal and superintendent approval for fundraisers; boosters and principals offered feedback supporting school- or grade-wide approaches.
At the Oct. 21 meeting the Grafton School Committee took a first reading of proposed policy JJE (student fundraising activities), which the administration presented following feedback from principals and the parent booster organization.
The proposed policy text states the committee “recognizes that families have different resources” and seeks to avoid highlighting those differences through fundraising. It supports student involvement in necessary event-ticket sales and student publications that sell advertising, encourages charitable fundraisers…
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