As most schools wrapped up their Annual Fund appeals on June 30th, I was curious how parent participation has trended over these last few years. Comparison data using NAIS DASL for three groups of schools: elementary, secondary and elementary/secondary showed that parent participation in '20 - '21 was still below pre-pandemic participation levels in '18 - '19 in all three groups of schools.

Across three consecutive years, the highest parent participation in annual giving each year was in elementary schools and the lowest was in secondary schools. In the '20 - '21 school year alone, 68.4% of current parents from elementary schools participated in annual giving compared to 51.8% in secondary schools and 54.5% in elementary/secondary schools.

Parent participation in annual giving was lower in '20 - '21 compared to '18 - '19 by 8.2% in elementary schools, and by 6.5% in both elementary/secondary schools and secondary schools. I wonder if we will see a rebound for the '21 - '22 year?

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