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Sundae · 09-24-2011, 06:10 AM

*ETA - Monster replied before I finished my screed*

From what I understand "scrip" is something schools sell for profit.
It's along the lines of vouchers. Parents buy them from the school at face value - say £10 worth of Tesco vouchers. But the school bought them for £8.00.

Obviously this is a British example (nix, it doesn't happen here) and I have invented the mark-up. I think I'm right in the way it works at least.

Parents only spend what they would have anyway, but the school benefits.
But it's volunteers like Monster that make it happen.

One of our current initiatives is selling lollies and ice creams after the school day.
They're bought from Costco (cash & carry - large discount store) and sold for 50p each. Again it's time intensive - someone needs to buy them, store them, be around to sell them. But it works. They cost pennies to buy in bulk, but 50p is still cheap compared to shops or ice-cream vans.

The PTA lost their big money-spinner when we went over to hot dinners. Hot Dog Day was the last Friday of every month and was extremely popular with children, parents AND staff.

Still, we have Cine Night. Next one 5th October.
I'll be there.
Although maybe I should lay off the leftover hotdogs this time.
I'm not only supposed to be losing weight for my 40th birthday, but Sarge might be coming to England next year!

09-24-2011, 06:10 AM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	ETA - Monster replied before I finished my screed From what I understand "scrip" is something schools sell for profit. It's along the lines of vouchers. Parents buy them from the school at face value - say £10 worth of Tesco vouchers. But the school bought them for £8.00. Obviously this is a British example (nix, it doesn't happen here) and I have invented the mark-up. I think I'm right in the way it works at least. Parents only spend what they would have anyway, but the school benefits. But it's volunteers like Monster that make it happen. One of our current initiatives is selling lollies and ice creams after the school day. They're bought from Costco (cash & carry - large discount store) and sold for 50p each. Again it's time intensive - someone needs to buy them, store them, be around to sell them. But it works. They cost pennies to buy in bulk, but 50p is still cheap compared to shops or ice-cream vans. The PTA lost their big money-spinner when we went over to hot dinners. Hot Dog Day was the last Friday of every month and was extremely popular with children, parents AND staff. Still, we have Cine Night. Next one 5th October. I'll be there. Although maybe I should lay off the leftover hotdogs this time. I'm not only supposed to be losing weight for my 40th birthday, but Sarge might be coming to England next year! __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 09-24-2011 at 07:55 AM.