Membership Benefits for East Bay Council Schools
- The Tommy Bianchi Scholarship Fund is available to member school families for tuition assistance for kindergarten ready children.
- Discounted Group Insurance.
- Inter-School Communication via meetings, a Yahoo Groups page and email list, an all-school Network Night, a printed directory, a Teacher/Director email list, and an annual Teacher/Director luncheon.
- Parent Education Directory of Speakers, a comprehensive resource of excellent speakers to bring in to your school on a huge range of topics.
- Directory of Fundraisers, an extensive list of fundraisers held by member schools listing their success.
- Database of Field Trips, a collection of local field trips including location, cost and contact information.
- Publicity via advertisements and ebcouncil.org, all promoting the virtues of parent co-op preschools and the member schools.
- Annual Advertisement to meet Non-Profit Status, advertisement in local parenting publication that includes your school name and printed statement of non-discrimination.
- Access to membership in the California Council of Parent Participation Nursery Schools (CCPPNS), a statewide organization consisting of 13 regional councils, 200 schools representing 9,000 families.
East Bay Council membership costs1 each school $10 per family. ($5 of that fee goes to the Scholarship Fund, $5 to East Bay Council.) Additionally, each school pays CCPPNS $70 annually. The school also provides one parent representative to the Council for approx. 8 meetings/year. Contact the council for more information.
1Costs based on the 2011-2012 school year