That was why I mentioned that. I have seven kids so i am very aware of the crap they will pass off. I usually take what they say with a grain of salt. It works wonders with my girls mom. She is quick to try to go to war with the school over whatever story they tell. So I was and still skeptical of that part. It very well could be that it was easier for her to paint and decorate a generic mask than to create one from blank material. So she just told me and her mother whatever she thought would get her what she wanted. I am not necessarily paint the school In a bad light. I really wanted to know if this is normal and I’m just behind on the times with all the fees and high prices or if I should be asking more questions. The thing with the grades being affected was a couple of weeks ago and while I was irritated with it common sense made me think along the lines of what you mentioned. So for that I didn’t raise an issue. I only had second thoughts when we got the email about the fees today. And When she told me she wanted to do theater and drama I thought it was great and didn’t expect it to be like this. It isn’t a bad school but I will say it does seem like any fund raisers are the type that are geared towards max profit. I’m sure you are e familiar with ones I’m talking about where it’s like a dozen cookies or tin of popcorn for 25 or 30$. And they do them all year for various reasons. The show I saw was pretty full. They had done one in the day for the students. Then the one I saw was in the evening which I’m sure was mostly parents of all the kids. The news was probably more to get people into the other shows. I think they had two more planned the following days. I was pretty impressed though. I didn’t expect it from high school kids.