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Does anyone know if there is some mechanism for the general public to provide funds to the education system in Oklahoma? Something like a gofundme page where it

by grok2 9y ago

Does anyone know if there is some mechanism for the general public to provide funds to the education system in Oklahoma? Something like a gofundme page where it is clear the money is going to the system and not getting mis-used or mis-directed?

FiveDegrees 9y ago
Taxes?
- CrumhornCarl 9y ago
  That would certainly be nice, but from what I've seen there is quite of bit of waste with the funds we do have... I think this article touches on at least one of the problems: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/21/universities-broke-cut-pointless-admin-teaching https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/21/univer...
- grok2 9y ago
  That's supposed to be the original source of funds for schools, but unfortunately in this case it clearly is not working for them.
CrumhornCarl 9y ago
Yes, absolutely! I'm a public school teacher in OKC and this year the admins have heavily encouraged us to make use of donorschoose.org to request items we need for the classroom. Here's a link to current projects that teachers in OKCPS are requesting: https://www.donorschoose.org/donors/search.html?state=OK&cityName=Oklahoma%20City&countyName=Oklahomacounty&includeNearbyLocations=true https://www.donorschoose.org/donors/search.html?state=OK&cit... I haven't used the site yet, but know of several teachers who were able to purchase things for their classroom (computers, instruments, etc) that they wouldn't have been able to afford otherwise thanks to people asking questions like yours!
- grok2 9y ago
  Thanks -- took a look and donated to a couple of projects. It seems like most of the schools represented are in the urban areas though...from the original article it appears that Oklahoma City is still mostly doing well. How is the school district faring in general?

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Does anyone know if there is some mechanism for the general public to provide funds to the education system in Oklahoma? Something like a gofundme page where it

by grok2 9y ago

FiveDegrees 9y ago
Taxes?
- CrumhornCarl 9y ago
  That would certainly be nice, but from what I've seen there is quite of bit of waste with the funds we do have... I think this article touches on at least one of the problems: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/21/universities-broke-cut-pointless-admin-teaching https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/21/univer...
- grok2 9y ago
  That's supposed to be the original source of funds for schools, but unfortunately in this case it clearly is not working for them.
CrumhornCarl 9y ago
Yes, absolutely! I'm a public school teacher in OKC and this year the admins have heavily encouraged us to make use of donorschoose.org to request items we need for the classroom. Here's a link to current projects that teachers in OKCPS are requesting: https://www.donorschoose.org/donors/search.html?state=OK&cityName=Oklahoma%20City&countyName=Oklahomacounty&includeNearbyLocations=true https://www.donorschoose.org/donors/search.html?state=OK&cit... I haven't used the site yet, but know of several teachers who were able to purchase things for their classroom (computers, instruments, etc) that they wouldn't have been able to afford otherwise thanks to people asking questions like yours!
- grok2 9y ago
  Thanks -- took a look and donated to a couple of projects. It seems like most of the schools represented are in the urban areas though...from the original article it appears that Oklahoma City is still mostly doing well. How is the school district faring in general?