Our school is fairly new and many departments are in need of items. what we did last year was to reach out to each department to see what it was that they would really like to have. the teachers were in one group and decided on one large item that would make all of their lives easier, and all of the specialty teachers turned in their requests. some were more expensive than others, and we were able to accommodate all requests.
we presented this information to the group and took a poll of what we parents thought the rest of the money should go towards. after checking with the principal, we decided on two items to let the group vote on.
i hope this helps!
- barefoot mama
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