PTA feast & famine

Cash-rich – or down to their last $100

That’s a lot of bake sales. Parent Teacher Associations at city public schools have amassed nearly $50 million in their coffers as of June, according to self-reported figures released by the Department of Education.

But while some were rolling in dough, others were barely sweeping up crumbs.

Six said they had at least a million bucks saved up. But many had less than $100 tucked away, with some reporting completely empty war chests, according to the unaudited account.

The PTA at the Queens HS for the Sciences at York College in Jamaica reportedly had $5,474,062 saved up, and the Brooklyn School for Global Scholars in Bath Beach stockpiled $3,479,539, according to numbers submitted to the DOE.

On the Upper West Side, one of the city’s top Gifted & Talented programs, The Anderson School, had $2,129,248 to play with, while two of the city’s top specialized high schools, Stuyvesant and Bronx Science, had $532,024 and $410,498, respectively.

That’s compared with more than 20 schools in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant’s District 16 that had just $10,278 — in total.

The DOE compiled the rundown based on information submitted by each school’s principal.

The agency submitted the report to the City Council amid concerns that the difference in fund totals deepen inequalities.

Dennis Morgan, a member of Community Education Council 3, a parental advisory group, has floated the idea of spreading PTA money across schools in order to ensure a better funding balance.

“Ultimately we’re trying to find equity for all schools,” he said.

“Let’s find an opportunity to change things and do something meaningful.”

City Councilman Mark Treyger (D-Brooklyn) has gone a step further and suggested having the DOE provide some measure of basic funding to all PTAs to ensure that no coffers for extracurricular activities are empty.