School Fundraisers

The great state of Texas has come up with an innovative way to increase school revenue. Parental attendance at parent-teacher meetings will be mandatory under a law before the state legislature (unless the district excuses the parent). Failure to respond to the school districts' request for your presence or attendance at a meeting could cost you $500 and a criminal record.

For local fundraisers, we have the DREAMS group. A local self-proclaimed savior of everything that is good (and optional) in the Baraboo School District (drama, art, and music). The chairpersons wrote an article in the daily fishwrap as a letter to the editor suggesting someone should become "more educated" as to what DREAMS is attempting to accomplish in our community. Seeing as I don't turn down an opportunity to become educated myself, I took them up on the challenge and off I went to research the DREAMS group.

First stop: the BNR archives. No luck. Their archives haven't been as good since going to the new format. Next stop: Google. After reviewing the first 200 items, I gave up. Then, I went to the source of truth about the Baraboo School District and found this:

Looks to me like DREAMS is supportive of unhinged choir teachers in Baraboo.

I wonder if instead of going for a fourth referendum, the school district would back WEAC to bail out financially failing schools by proposing a law similar to the one in Texas. Anything for a buck. Remember, it's all about money...I mean, the kids.

Now I can rest soundly, knowing I have become educated in DREAMS.