PARENT SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS AT RICHMOND

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PARENT SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS AT RICHMOND

• Oya No Kai program-wide Japanese cultural
  support
• No other school has this organization.
• ONK focuses on supporting program-wide cultural
  activities at all three schools (Richmond, Tabor,
  Grant).
• For Richmond, this means the 5th grade cultural
  exchange, the Japanese Interns, the calligraphy
  teacher and many other activities.
• Richmond PTA program support at Richmond
• Every school has a PTA. The PTA focuses on
  advocacy for teachers and children. The Richmond
  PTA supports all kinds of activities exclusively
  at Richmond.
• Richmond School Foundation staffing at Richmond
• Every school has a Foundation too. The
  Foundation is the only organization that can
  raise money for staff.
• Richmond Strategic Fundraising Committee (SFC)
  this group is made up of members of all three
  parent groups and was formed last year to try and
  better coordinate the fundraising efforts of the
  three groups.

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SUPPLEMENTAL STAFF AT RICHMOND
FTE from district (less each year)
FTE raised by Richmond
Staff with an asterisk are classified staff.
These positions have fewer requirements and
certification than teachers or other staff, who
are called certified staff. This is important
because, for a local Foundation trying to raise
money to support staff, a fulltime classified
staff (0.5 FTE) costs half of fulltime
classroom teacher or other certified staff (1.0
FTE). Your money goes further buying
classified staff vs. certified staffalthough
most staff, like classroom teachers, must be
certified. 0.8 FTE was raised by Richmond
Foundation and others at Richmond for 2006/2007.
Without this money, these two positions (in
italics above) would have been lost!! Hooray
Richmond parents!
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PORTLAND SCHOOLS FOUNDATION

• WHAT District-wide umbrella organizations formed
  in 1991 after Measure 5 passed this measure
  moved control of school funding away from local
  districts and gave it to the state.
• WHY Foundations formed to allow individual
  schools to raise money for staffing since state
  control of funding left individual districts
  otherwise unable to have any local control over
  staffing.
• WHO Every district in state can have a school
  foundation. And every school can have a local
  school foundation.
• RICHMOND SCHOOL FOUNDATION Raise funds forsee
  next slide

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RICHMOND SCHOOL FOUNDATION LAST YEARS BUDGET

• The fiscal year for the Foundation is July
  June. The money raised is used to support staff
  for September.
• Last year, we raised 34,464.72.
• The majority of money was raised by a pledge
  drive we asked families in 1-5 grades to
  consider donating 300 per semester.
• We picked 300 since this was the amount of
  tuition parents of kindergarteners were paying
  each month for full-day kindergarten.
• Parents gave in all kinds of ways
• One lump sum
• A donation each semester
• A monthly amount

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WHERE ELSE DID THE RICHMOND FOUNDATION MONEY COME
FROM?

• Parents Last year, there were approx. 260
  families at Richmond. And more than 50 families
  donated to the Richmond Foundation. This is more
  than 20 of families. This raised 21,614.72.
• Matching gifts Money also came from matching
  gifts from peoples place of business, including
  Intel, Wells Fargo, HSBC and others. This raised
  750.
• Local business fundraisers Pizzicato, Blazers,
  Nohos Restaurant, Iron Horse Restaurant, Barnes
  Noble, Container Recovery. These raised 3100.
• Business Pledge Drive (Japanese and Amercian)
  Nippon Express, Yokos Restaurant, PA Metal
  Fabricating Comp., Alten Sakai Accounting, Abby
  Taylor Designs, Kaiser Permanente. This raised
  3000.
• Auction This was the first year that money from
  the auction went to staffing at Richmond. 10 of
  proceeds were given to Richmond Foundation. This
  raised 6000. Next year, 25 will go to Richmond
  staffingthen 50 so that the auction is split
  50-50 between Richmond staffing and ONK Trip Fund.

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WHERE ELSE DID OTHER MONEY COME FROM?

• Goldman Sachs grant (25K)
• Summer parent pledge drive (10K) for a reading
  specialist
• Parent pledges (5K) )an amazing 45-50 of
  families donated!
• ONK teacher grant (2K)
• ONK matching grant for summer parent pledge drive
  (5K)
• Richmond consolidated budget (3K).
• Total of these other sources 40,000.

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PORTLAND SCHOOLS FOUNDATION EQUIUTY FUND THE
ELUSIVE 1/3rd

• After an individual school raises 5000,
  one-third of every dollar raised on top of this
  is taken and put in an Equity Fund run by
  Portland Schools Foundation.
• All the money in the Equity Fund given back each
  year to unable to raise there own money for
  staffing. It is done through grants awarded to
  needy schools by Portland Schools Foundation. No
  money raised stays with the Portland School
  Foundation.
• It costs approximately 90,000 to buy a
  fulltime staff position60,000 is the cost to
  the district and 30,000 goes to the Equity Fund
• If the position you are trying to fund is
  fulltime classified staff, it costs 45,000
  (half of certified position)or 30,000 is the
  cost to the district and 15,000 goes to the
  Equity Fund

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WHERE DID THE MONEY GO?

• OVERALL FOUNDATION TOTAL 34,464.72 (FDN)
• EQUITY FUND 9,821.57 went to Equity Fund.
• LIBRARIAN 17,643.15 covered the part of
  librarian not covered by district. Richmond
  School Foundation paid for 0.3 FTE of the 0.5 FTE
  position. (0.5 FTE is the cost of fulltime
  classified staff librarian.)
• READING SPECIALIST Remaining 7000 went to 0.5
  FTE reading specialist.
• OTHER FUNDS 40,000 (Various sources)
• READING SPECIALIST Goldman Sachs grant (25K)
  Summer parent pledge drive (5K) ONK matching
  grant (5K) ONK teacher grant (2K) Richmond
  consolidated budget (3K).

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SCHOOL YEAR 2006/2007 THIS YEAR

• Last year, as noted, combined efforts raised
  approx. 34K 40K 74K. If property tax
  measures passes this November, it is only going
  to keep us at the same level of supplemental FTE
  we are at now.
• Richmond Foundation Parent Pledge Drive there
  are 271 families in 1-5th grade.
• If each family gave 265 x 2, wed raise
  143,630.
• If each family gave 265 x 1, wed raise 71,815.
• Matching gifts?
• Local business fundraisers?
• Business Pledge Drive?
• Auction?
• Richmond School Fund - Investigate formation of
  our own non-profit? It will take 3-6 months to
  investigate and, if legal, to create.

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WANT TO HELP?

• Parent Pledge Drive
• Send donation to Richmond Foundation at the
  school
• Go online and give at www.portlandschoolsfdn.org
• Be sure to donate to local school and be sure
  to designate the donation to Richmond
• Set up monthly automatic withdrawal or send in a
  check monthly
• Matching gifts
• Find out if your employer has a matching program
• Join the Richmond Foundation or SFC
• FDN Call or email Andy Felcher 503-231-1641 or
  felcher_at_comcast.net
• SFC Next meeting October 2nd 630pm at Richmond

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THE GOOD NEWSTHE JMP ROCKS!

• We have the coolest school in Portland!
• We all chose to have our children attend a
  Japanese Immersion Program.
• In Oregon, we have the chance (?or have to?) to
  do things ourselvesand support our children and
  teachers to keep our program strongor even make
  it better.
• There is power is each person/parent/family doing
  a small part