Class fund non-participants: where do you think the party food comes from??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a parent, I find all of the PTA emails annoying. I contribute but think they create lots of work for everyone. Less is more. The kids don’t care about half of what you do and most parents think you are giving us more to do to make yourself look busy. I’m also a teacher and feel the same way. My children’s school has a very active PTA and some parents treat it like a full time job. Where I work does not have a PTA that is as involved. Have less parties, stop ordering pizza and ask parents to bring in bulk popcorn in individual bags. That’s all they need.

And stop collecting for teacher gifts. It’s not necessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap you people are cheap. And you wonder why nobody wants to volunteer to be the room parent.

To cheap to fund your over the top and wildly unnecessary parties? Ok. And few people want to be room parents because most of us have better things to do than try to live vicariously through our elementary school kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap you people are cheap. And you wonder why nobody wants to volunteer to be the room parent.

To cheap to fund your over the top and wildly unnecessary parties? Ok. And few people want to be room parents because most of us have better things to do than try to live vicariously through our elementary school kids.

I've never been a room parent but I always give $$$. Sorry you're poor!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap you people are cheap. And you wonder why nobody wants to volunteer to be the room parent.

To cheap to fund your over the top and wildly unnecessary parties? Ok. And few people want to be room parents because most of us have better things to do than try to live vicariously through our elementary school kids.

I've never been a room parent but I always give $$$. Sorry you're poor!

I'm not the pp, but is that supposed to be a burn? You need to work on your skills.

[Anonymous]

I’m a room parent and have done it several times. I don’t volunteer if I’m not able to handle the extra expense. I know some parents end up shouldering the bulk of the cost. Stop shaming other parents. Don’t volunteer if you don’t want to. And for heavens sake, stop wth the pizza parties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Send out another email and do less parties.

At our school, parents usually sign-up to bring stuff for each party on a per-party basis.

+1. otherwise, don't do pizza at parties.

[Anonymous]

Those over the top parties always seemed more about the PTA mom than the kids or what they wanted. Endless boring games, way too much sugar, teacher gifts that were weird. One room mom used the money to give the teacher a book all about ... her kid. A special book all about Larlas year. Crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap you people are cheap. And you wonder why nobody wants to volunteer to be the room parent.

To cheap to fund your over the top and wildly unnecessary parties? Ok. And few people want to be room parents because most of us have better things to do than try to live vicariously through our elementary school kids.

I've never been a room parent but I always give $$$. Sorry you're poor!

I'm not the pp, but is that supposed to be a burn? You need to work on your skills.

I am the PP. I actually give all that is asked, which at our school is around, $25. If they asked for more, I would give it because, contrary to the other poster's assumption, I am far from poor, or even DCUM poor.

But, I think such parties and expenses are unnecessary and I really don't like the mindset of parents who think everyone must fund their vision of what a class party should be, particularly since some folks truly can't afford that without a hardship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap you people are cheap. And you wonder why nobody wants to volunteer to be the room parent.

Too cheap to fund your over the top and wildly unnecessary parties? Ok. And few people want to be room parents because most of us have better things to do than try to live vicariously through our elementary school kids.

This!! X 1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap you people are cheap. And you wonder why nobody wants to volunteer to be the room parent.

To cheap to fund your over the top and wildly unnecessary parties? Ok. And few people want to be room parents because most of us have better things to do than try to live vicariously through our elementary school kids.

I've never been a room parent but I always give $$$. Sorry you're poor!

Love this. Never been a room parent but give $$$. Does it m make you feel better about paying others to interact with your kids. Some of the poorest o as rents help the most. In your case I'm sure no one wants you around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a room parent and we ask for each family to contribute a certain amount at the start of the year. This covers teacher holiday and end of year gifts, costumes for the school play and all crafts/food for parties. Pizza alone runs roughly $135 per party. We have about 55% participation yet 100% of the kids get crafts, fed at the party, and costumes for the play. We sign the teacher gifts from the class. It's January and we are out of money once I set aside for end of year gifts ($25/teacher). That means no more parties for the rest of the year. Do I email the class asking again for those who haven't donated to step up? For those of you who don't contribute, how do you feel about your child taking part in the parties, etc when you've not helped? And for those in a financial hardship, I get it.. but I'd venture in our school that is not the primary driver.

It sounds like you have taken on a responsibility you are ill equipped to handle. You had a budget and blew it. Please refrain from volunteering for responsibilities in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap you people are cheap. And you wonder why nobody wants to volunteer to be the room parent.

Too cheap to fund your over the top and wildly unnecessary parties? Ok. And few people want to be room parents because most of us have better things to do than try to live vicariously through our elementary school kids.

This!! X 1000

Yeah, I"m happy to buy books or materials for the classroom, or send my kid to school with cupcakes, but, I don't want to pay for your friend's "really AMAZING cakepops, and sure they are more expensive than regular cupcakes, but she is truly an artist and the kids will love them!", or "I know the custom made banner was pricy but it looks so cute!"

[Anonymous]

I really don't want my kid to eat Dominos or whatever crap you're feeding them.

[Anonymous]

Also, when I was last room parent, I asked people to sign up to bring something specific (drinks, water, cookies) rather than asking for money. I happily funded everything else because I saw it as my room parent duty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap you people are cheap. And you wonder why nobody wants to volunteer to be the room parent.

Too cheap to fund your over the top and wildly unnecessary parties? Ok. And few people want to be room parents because most of us have better things to do than try to live vicariously through our elementary school kids.

This!! X 1000

Yeah, I"m happy to buy books or materials for the classroom, or send my kid to school with cupcakes, but, I don't want to pay for your friend's "really AMAZING cakepops, and sure they are more expensive than regular cupcakes, but she is truly an artist and the kids will love them!", or "I know the custom made banner was pricy but it looks so cute!"

The teacher gifts are always weird, too.