With the beginning of the school year, a confrontation between the parent committee and the parents begins in kindergarten. And the stumbling block, as always, is money. What do you really need to donate money for in kindergarten, and what you can easily refuse.
To begin with, the administration of the child care institution has no right to collect additional funds from parents. Only on their own initiative, parents can transfer money to the organization's personal account marked "charitable donation" or by specifying the purpose of the payment. Just don't write about "repair". Specify exactly what for, for example, "to buy furniture in the second group." So you will be sure that the payment will go as intended and, moreover, you will see the result.
If you are sure that the repairs in the kindergarten should be done from budgetary sources, write a letter to the education department of your city (district) with a question about the time of the repair. If a response is received in the style of “no money, but you are holding on”, send the same request (with a copy of the department's response attached) to the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education, as a rule, responds very quickly and to the point. It's a good idea to write a request to the city district administration in parallel. Of course, no one will immediately rush to fix the bathrooms in the garden and buy new beds. But with persistence, you can "knock out" some money. Those with strong nerves can immediately write a letter to the procurator. But this only makes sense if the kindergarten is really in a depressing state.
But if everything is simple with the administration, then the question of buying what is necessary for a group often ends in a scandal. First, you may not donate money at all. But in this case, your child will not use, for example, centrally purchased stationery. And you yourself will have to buy the necessary things for classes and bring them to the group.
The same is with gifts for children for the holidays. You don’t hand over money, but bring your gift, preferably identical to the one bought for everyone. But if animators were invited to the holiday, and you did not pay for their service, the child will not be able to attend the event. But you can pay a separate amount for this particular service.
You can, in principle, take the pay-as-you-go position. Have you bought gifts for educators? Great, how much did it cost me? But you cannot demand that your child "walked" at public expense. Recently, parents have increasingly stood up to take the position - who passed, he got it. But there are situations when parents do not mind donating money, but now their financial situation leaves much to be desired. You can always donate money in several stages, stretching the entire amount over several months and even an academic year. You just need to warn the parent committee about this situation. In this case, your baby will not be prejudiced either in gifts or in entertainment.
