Dcps teacher gift limit

[Anonymous]

We are new at dcps at elementary school. Amy dcps teacher gift limit? Is it rare for parents to gift teachers? My wife bumped into a neighbor, and they say that they never gift any on teacher appreciation week or christmas. She has kids in elementary school and middle school. What is the norm here? We are really confused

[Anonymous]

You neighbor sounds cheap or poor.

[Anonymous]

Are you at a title 1 school?

Quite common for gifts for teachers at our charter.

[Anonymous]

We give a nice bottle of wine at the holidays and st the end of the school year.

[Anonymous]

This is taking the verb thing way, way too far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is taking the verb thing way, way too far.

?

My kids have been at Title 1 Capitol Hill schools for a decade with a wide range of family incomes. While some parents may do individual gifts, often it is organized by a room parent asking for those who want to chip in, then they use the whole amount to purchase some gifts/gift cards. That avoids a bunch of small gifts like coffee mugs etc and allows for a few bigger things.

[Anonymous]

$25

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You neighbor sounds cheap or poor.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are new at dcps at elementary school. Amy dcps teacher gift limit? Is it rare for parents to gift teachers? My wife bumped into a neighbor, and they say that they never gift any on teacher appreciation week or christmas. She has kids in elementary school and middle school. What is the norm here? We are really confused

8th year at DCPS and I always give teacher gifts. At a Title 1 I gave on my own, at a non-Title 1 the room parent gathers the funds and we give collectively (and the PTA organizes to make sure that each class is responsible for a few of the other staff members, so everyone gets something).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is taking the verb thing way, way too far.

?

My kids have been at Title 1 Capitol Hill schools for a decade with a wide range of family incomes. While some parents may do individual gifts, often it is organized by a room parent asking for those who want to chip in, then they use the whole amount to purchase some gifts/gift cards. That avoids a bunch of small gifts like coffee mugs etc and allows for a few bigger things.

This was my post, but I wanted to add - if you use this method at a Title 1 school or school where some parents can’t contribute, I would recommend that regardless of who chips in to sign it from the whole class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is taking the verb thing way, way too far.

?

My kids have been at Title 1 Capitol Hill schools for a decade with a wide range of family incomes. While some parents may do individual gifts, often it is organized by a room parent asking for those who want to chip in, then they use the whole amount to purchase some gifts/gift cards. That avoids a bunch of small gifts like coffee mugs etc and allows for a few bigger things.

This was my post, but I wanted to add - if you use this method at a Title 1 school or school where some parents can’t contribute, I would recommend that regardless of who chips in to sign it from the whole class.

We do anonymous give what you can that a parent plans and signs from the whole class at our Title 1. It's class dependent but the PTO itself also supports a whole week of teacher appreciation stuff.

[Anonymous]

Possibly unpopular opinion, but I don’t need stuff from parents for me. Ask me what supply in my classroom I’m buying for your children with my own money and get it for me instead.

This week alone:
Food, headphones, bandaids, cleaning supplies,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Possibly unpopular opinion, but I don’t need stuff from parents for me. Ask me what supply in my classroom I’m buying for your children with my own money and get it for me instead.

This week alone:
Food, headphones, bandaids, cleaning supplies,

We do a supply drive at the beginning of the school year for our teachers. Room parents ask teachers for a list or links. Families contributed over 1k of supplies in our class this year.

We also do gifts to teachers as a class in addition to above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Possibly unpopular opinion, but I don’t need stuff from parents for me. Ask me what supply in my classroom I’m buying for your children with my own money and get it for me instead.

This week alone:
Food, headphones, bandaids, cleaning supplies,

As soon as our title 1 PTA got started, one of the first things they did was give each teacher a gift card for supplies at beginning of year. Often the class wide gifts include gift cards as well, but at least one of them is tailored to something the teacher likes (eg a restaurant they talk about, Nike store, etc)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Possibly unpopular opinion, but I don’t need stuff from parents for me. Ask me what supply in my classroom I’m buying for your children with my own money and get it for me instead.

This week alone:
Food, headphones, bandaids, cleaning supplies,

Agree wtih the above. Teachers deserve personal and sincere thank-yous. But fortunately pay is high enough in DC now that giving that a gift card is not going to change their life. Most important is stuff that makes their day-to-day life less frustrating.