With every new school year comes increasing pressure for Stapleton school auction committees to raise more money and plan more exciting and profitable auctions than previous years. Last year Bill Roberts held their auction on St. Patrick’s Day at a downtown hotel where many parents chose to party it up and spend the night. Tracy McCoy, the new 2013 auction committee chair, was so worried that she wouldn’t be able to meet the school communities’ expectations, that she was forced to think outside of the box.
That is why Bill Roberts will hold their auction on the beautiful island of Maui! The tickets include three nights stay and airfare to an all-inclusive beachside resort for the low price of $3000/person. The committee can also send 10 teachers for free but they need to couch-surf with the parents who pay for a room.* (*Parents will be sent a sign up genius to volunteer for house teachers).
The Stapletonion wondered how all parents would be able to afford this and the response from the committee was that the parents who cannot afford to attend would most likely not donate much anyway so it is not an issue. But to be politically correct, they have reserved a few yurts for the economically disadvantaged parents for half the price.
The Stapletonion interviewed some of the parents from Roberts and got some diverse responses. Mandy Fox says she is just grateful for the hard work of the dedicated auction committee and will do what she can to support the school. Brian Morningstar says that he thinks it will be a blast to watch everyone get drunk and cheat on their spouses. He also hopes to see how some of the teachers look in swimsuits. Sandy Heinrich thinks that it is completely outrageous that she would have to pay that much money and go that far to purchase auction items, not to mention the money she’ll spend on a babysitter.
Overall, the community does hope Bill Roberts and all the other neighborhood schools have profitable auctions. Our children are our future!
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