[Closed] $5 School Free Dress

skskskskzzz on 23/06/2016 - 12:02
Last edited 23/06/2016 - 13:11

RANT ALERT, move on if you don't want a long story c:
So my prestigious public high school which I attend have recently decided to make Friday a free dress day, like all free dress days, it's not actually free.
The issue from this free dress day is that they want $5 (1200 students?) which goes towards building a new $9mil facility which we basically already have. (the one we have isn't problematic either and can be described as a best in the state facility albeit being a little small, they recently (last year) finished a larger building which fits everyone into it).
The donation of $5 gets you free dress and access to this rave party in the another recently built highly funded ($$$) school facility w/ a DJ the school hires. The free dress and DJ rave is a reward for donating $5, but it is advertised as a free dress day.
Most people would happily pay $5 if it were towards a charity but the school decided to veto the 'gold coin donation for free dress only' option which is bad for those who couldn't care less about the rave that they have at the end of the year assemblies anyways

TDLR; school wants us to pay $5 for free dress with money raised going towards a 9mil project. Sorry if I'm ranting too much :)
So the question is….
Am I being too cheap or am I just being rational?

EDIT: Thanks for unbiasing my opinions, I'll see what happens tomorrow when the day unfolds, maybe they'll decide that accepting gold coin donations will be a better option or maybe they will change the cause to a charity :)

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  • 8
    No Free Dress, $5 is too much for free dress
  • 21
    You cheapskate! , pay the $5 towards the school project and go back to work!
  • 4
    Bikies
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closed Comments

  • lesterfreamon on 23/06/2016 - 12:08
    +4

    Are you confused about the wording perhaps? "Free Dress" doesn't indicate any monetary saving - it's a fundraising event in which you can choose what to wear.

    You will also not be receiving a dress for free…

  • Looking4Bargians on 23/06/2016 - 12:09
    +2

    you wasted your 10 mins to write and our 5 mins to read for $5. Pay and move on

  • scrimshaw on 23/06/2016 - 12:10

    $5 is small price to pay. Just think of it as a charitable donation towards an under-funded public school (thank you, Malcolm). Maybe eat some ramen for lunch and dinner to offset the $5 expenditure.

    damn I don't remember having free dress days in my school, and that was private.

    Is this a thing now? Am I getting old? Where are my false teeth?

  • skskskskzzz on 23/06/2016 - 12:12
    -1

    Haha guess I am a little salty (esp since everyone wants $9mill towards better internet) , nice to get other views to neutralize my (IMO) biased views.

  • Ughhh on 23/06/2016 - 12:13

    You sure it doesn't mean "dress free" day, ie. wear shorts/pants day. Or casual day? My school and I think many other schools required a donation for casual day.

  • mskeggs on 23/06/2016 - 12:17

    Plenty of public schools just send out a bill with items for buildings, IT etc. This is at least a bit creative and fun.
    If you cannot afford it, but want your kids to participate so they are not singled out, talk to their year advisor or principal and explain your situation.
    If you can afford it, but don't want to participate out of principle, talk to your kids and get their agreement for your "stand".
    I note it isn't as if you are telling your kids not to use the facilities funded by past student families…

  • retiredfeline on 23/06/2016 - 12:20

    I want my 2 minutes wasted reading your post back.

  • Randxyz123 on 23/06/2016 - 12:44

    Stop being so cheap. Can I have the 1 minute of my life for wasting my time reading and replying to your post.

    All casual clothes days at my school required a donation. Doesn't surprise me the going rate has moved from a gold coin donation to $5

  • spackbace on 23/06/2016 - 12:53

    Depending on the age of the kids, they get more enjoyment out of the day than your $10 would normally buy.

    Let them enjoy being a kid. I hope you haven't been sour and angry about it around them.

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