Thanks to the association "Friends of municipal schools, which schools offer the Uccle daycare for children at noon. Parents pay 62 cents (25F) per day to benefit from this center. The association has collected last year, 270,000 euros, 212,000 euros to compensate supervisors. Problem: the balance, some 58,000 euros, is not refunded to parents but supports other activities
The councilor, Stéphane de Lobkowicz (Communal Union, opposition), has put his finger on a thorny issue. Schools ask parents a fee for children attending day care at noon. Up to this point, no worries. "The money is collected by schools on behalf of the association" Friends of municipal schools, "said Councillor . " This is not an association headed by the town: thus, we have no direct control. Of the 270,000 euros raised with parents, to monitor noon, an estimated 212,000 euros goes to pay staff. The rest is not diverted: we use that money to buy school supplies or pay snow classes for children. But is it normal to ask parents for money for surveillance at noon and use some of that money for other purposes, however laudable it may be? "
At the Alderman of Public Instruction explains that this association has existed since 1985. " It was set up following the sanitation laws of the time which forbade the Commons to intervene in everything that was subsidized by the state" says Joel House, the new Deputy Mayor of Education. "There was therefore a subsidized child care but the supervisor found himself alone facing 100 children. There was clearly a problem and nobody was satisfied. Finally, it was decided at that time to involve parents financially. Parents' associations are federated before creating "Friends of municipal schools." Represented in this association are parents, principals and members of the Service of Education. With this structure, the supervisors are paid by the municipality quarter and three quarters by parents. The advantage of the system: as it is a non-communal association, we do not pay social contributions for employees. Without this advantage, the monitoring would cost more, at the expense of parents. "
Currently, parents pay 62 cents (25 F) for child care by noon. From the third child, the service is free. "In other towns, it passes through the recipe rather than through a communal association" , says the deputy mayor. "It costs more for the parents of these municipalities.
Information taken in Ixelles, the day care (including soup) in schools rises by 38 cents
child ... The fact is that most of the problem is not there. The association conducted last year a net profit of about 58,000 euros (2.3 million). What happens to the money, collected from parents against payment of a service center? "15,000 euros fund the trip to snow classes of children from disadvantaged backgrounds, 5,000 euros for the purchase of books we offer each child of the third kindergarten and sixth secondary, 4,000 euros back to parents associations 'students, "answered the deputy mayor . "There are also 3,789 euros used for advertising schools. The rest is distributed in schools in proportion to the number of students. They use this money to buy equipment, games, etc. ".
There is no doubt that schools, who often complain about their lack of means, using this small windfall of money wisely. But is it normal for parents, and only those whose children attend child care, pay the bill? "They know" says the deputy mayor. "Through the parents' associations that are represented within the association."
Hard to believe that all parents, without exception, know that the money claimed by the center is in part used for other purposes. Would it not be easier (and healthier) to reduce the compensation of the parents of ten cents? The town, organizing power, could defray the services rendered by the association. "The finances of the municipality does not provide a margin of maneuver" , answered the deputy mayor, who sees this practice as a form of solidarity. Solidarity rather forced ...
The councilor, Stéphane de Lobkowicz (Communal Union, opposition), has put his finger on a thorny issue. Schools ask parents a fee for children attending day care at noon. Up to this point, no worries. "The money is collected by schools on behalf of the association" Friends of municipal schools, "said Councillor . " This is not an association headed by the town: thus, we have no direct control. Of the 270,000 euros raised with parents, to monitor noon, an estimated 212,000 euros goes to pay staff. The rest is not diverted: we use that money to buy school supplies or pay snow classes for children. But is it normal to ask parents for money for surveillance at noon and use some of that money for other purposes, however laudable it may be? "
At the Alderman of Public Instruction explains that this association has existed since 1985. " It was set up following the sanitation laws of the time which forbade the Commons to intervene in everything that was subsidized by the state" says Joel House, the new Deputy Mayor of Education. "There was therefore a subsidized child care but the supervisor found himself alone facing 100 children. There was clearly a problem and nobody was satisfied. Finally, it was decided at that time to involve parents financially. Parents' associations are federated before creating "Friends of municipal schools." Represented in this association are parents, principals and members of the Service of Education. With this structure, the supervisors are paid by the municipality quarter and three quarters by parents. The advantage of the system: as it is a non-communal association, we do not pay social contributions for employees. Without this advantage, the monitoring would cost more, at the expense of parents. "
Currently, parents pay 62 cents (25 F) for child care by noon. From the third child, the service is free. "In other towns, it passes through the recipe rather than through a communal association" , says the deputy mayor. "It costs more for the parents of these municipalities.
Information taken in Ixelles, the day care (including soup) in schools rises by 38 cents
child ... The fact is that most of the problem is not there. The association conducted last year a net profit of about 58,000 euros (2.3 million). What happens to the money, collected from parents against payment of a service center? "15,000 euros fund the trip to snow classes of children from disadvantaged backgrounds, 5,000 euros for the purchase of books we offer each child of the third kindergarten and sixth secondary, 4,000 euros back to parents associations 'students, "answered the deputy mayor . "There are also 3,789 euros used for advertising schools. The rest is distributed in schools in proportion to the number of students. They use this money to buy equipment, games, etc. ".
There is no doubt that schools, who often complain about their lack of means, using this small windfall of money wisely. But is it normal for parents, and only those whose children attend child care, pay the bill? "They know" says the deputy mayor. "Through the parents' associations that are represented within the association."
Hard to believe that all parents, without exception, know that the money claimed by the center is in part used for other purposes. Would it not be easier (and healthier) to reduce the compensation of the parents of ten cents? The town, organizing power, could defray the services rendered by the association. "The finances of the municipality does not provide a margin of maneuver" , answered the deputy mayor, who sees this practice as a form of solidarity. Solidarity rather forced ...
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