Vancouver School District

Parents are donating too much money to public schools. Every year about $30,000,000 is donated to schools in British Columbia. The government should be paying for more of the equipment and supplies in order to reduce the amount of donations that are required to run the schools. If all this money were going to non profit organizations rather than schools they would be getting a substantial amount of money per year. When fund-raisers are put together they are usually private donations. The amount of money from donations depends on whether the schools are in rich or poor neighbourhoods. As a result the required amount of money for some schools might not be met. I think that if less money is needed to be raised, parents won't have to spend as much time as they do helping schools in their spare time. Consequently, all schools would receive equal equipment and supplies.
It seems that money is being raised for things that are essential in school, but should already be supplied by...