At our school we don’t make arrogant assumptions that we are getting something. |
Thanks for sharing but that has nothing to do with the question. |
Exactly. Including them in “teacher” appreciation is just odd. |
Pretty sure they just get notes of appreciation. |
DP, at my ES, teachers donate money to split gift cards 3 ways. |
You're odd |
I think they are saying teachers aren't as entitled as you all. Just a thought. |
Most people do not actually contribute to the admin, nurse, bus drivers, or even the cafeteria staff. Teacher appreciation doesn’t have to and shouldn’t include all of them. |
You do not celebrate principals during teacher appreciation week. Omg!!! |
Well for one, not all of the staff are “educators,” dummy. A nurse is not an educator. |
We give everyone DC comes into contact with on a regular basis a gift for teacher appreciation week. Including the principals and janitors. |
So teachers are trying to score more gift cards and being too greedy to share with other members of the school staff? |
No, parents don’t want to send money in to the PTO for them to squander on the freaking admin or the nurse for “teacher” appreciation. Unfortunately the PTO isn’t getting the message. Maybe they will when they come up short of their goal to give every staff member (over 100 mins you) $100 each. This coming directly on the heels of the Read A Thon. Totally tone deaf. |
That’s ridiculous! They need to do 1 huge staff appreciation a year or several staggered throughout the year for different staff types. I wouldn’t send anything via PTO, just give the teachers something directly. |
Our PTA wants each parent to donate $100 for the year to cover teacher b-day gifts, holiday parties, and appreciation gifts. The chartered bus trips are another $60 for each trip. The Sprout packages are typically $100 for school supplies. Nothing is cheap. |