text: MyDog,
  What exactly is my ilk? 
  1. PTA's aren't allowed to fundraise by PPS rules. Only special focus options are.  This was a rule intended to help the underprivileged get access to basic education and extra help with learning English. That's not the case here at all. If the PPS allowed all schools to fundraise to directly benefit their kids, I'd have no objection. 
  2. If this were a private school, and people were raising money, this would not be an issue and nobody would be asking questions. Having this situation within a publicly funded school raises questions about inequity, especially when compared to the other Spanish immersion programs in the city.  It does not even meet the PPS definition of equity.
  3. The ASI folk have been all over the media claiming to be victims of racial discrimination and segregation. My "abomination" comment was to point out the falseness of these kind of claims that detract from the needs of the families that are truly facing these issues every day.