Sponsored by the Parkview High School PTSA, the fifth annual Parkview Day Community Festival is set for Saturday, Nov. 7 on the campus grounds in Lilburn.
Proceeds from the festival – which will feature artists, food trucks, vendors and games – go to the Parkview PTSA, which provides funding for teacher grants and other educational improvements. Last year’s festival featured more than 100 booths, welcomed thousands of patrons and raised nearly $10,000.
“We usually make about $10,000 – it depends on how many booths we sell,” said PTSA executive board co-president John Carlton, a teacher at the school. “Our budget is in good shape so we’ve added a few things. We have our teacher grants, and every teacher who applied for the grant last year was granted whatever they asked for. We do pour that money back into the classrooms for the students…