Do you think parents who volunteer and donate more to schools deserve better treatment for their child?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work FT, also volunteer plenty. Have generally had my teacher requests acknowledged.

What I do think parents who put in significant time at the school should get is preferential seating at school events. Fight me on it. It would kill me when I was working FT, plus doing five hours a wk of PTA board duties and knowing most families do jack squat but will show up 45 minutes early to stake out fhe best row for a school concert ... and Id be hustling to find senior citizen grandparents a spot near rear of the gym.

So five hours a week=you believe you deserve a front row seat. Please, your volunteer contributions mixed with that level of entitlement are worse for my kid than not volunteering at all.

— also volunteers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work FT, also volunteer plenty. Have generally had my teacher requests acknowledged.

What I do think parents who put in significant time at the school should get is preferential seating at school events. Fight me on it. It would kill me when I was working FT, plus doing five hours a wk of PTA board duties and knowing most families do jack squat but will show up 45 minutes early to stake out fhe best row for a school concert ... and Id be hustling to find senior citizen grandparents a spot near rear of the gym.

Grandparents belong in the rear. They had their turn. I'm tired of sitting behind grandparents who put their phones in my face to record the grandkids. Sit in the back and let the parents see.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I work FT, also volunteer plenty. Have generally had my teacher requests acknowledged.

What I do think parents who put in significant time at the school should get is preferential seating at school events. Fight me on it. It would kill me when I was working FT, plus doing five hours a wk of PTA board duties and knowing most families do jack squat but will show up 45 minutes early to stake out fhe best row for a school concert ... and Id be hustling to find senior citizen grandparents a spot near rear of the gym.

Grandparents belong in the rear. They had their turn. I'm tired of sitting behind grandparents who put their phones in my face to record the grandkids. Sit in the back and let the parents see.

Not if drama mom gets her way— grandparents front and center as there are some of the seats she’s saving…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work FT, also volunteer plenty. Have generally had my teacher requests acknowledged.

What I do think parents who put in significant time at the school should get is preferential seating at school events. Fight me on it. It would kill me when I was working FT, plus doing five hours a wk of PTA board duties and knowing most families do jack squat but will show up 45 minutes early to stake out fhe best row for a school concert ... and Id be hustling to find senior citizen grandparents a spot near rear of the gym.

Grandparents belong in the rear. They had their turn. I'm tired of sitting behind grandparents who put their phones in my face to record the grandkids. Sit in the back and let the parents see.

Not if drama mom gets her way— grandparents front and center as there are some of the seats she’s saving…

She gets seats for herself but a whole row for grandparents? I guess she'll have to have a confrontation when the programs and sweaters are removed from seats.

[Anonymous]

Maybe I’m an outlier, but as somebody who doesn’t donate, or volunteer, I don’t see a problem with parents who put in the time and money to get certain preferential treatment.

I don’t have a problem with the Mom who comes in every week to help with grading and the bulletin board to get the coveted chaperoning gig.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work FT, also volunteer plenty. Have generally had my teacher requests acknowledged.

What I do think parents who put in significant time at the school should get is preferential seating at school events. Fight me on it. It would kill me when I was working FT, plus doing five hours a wk of PTA board duties and knowing most families do jack squat but will show up 45 minutes early to stake out fhe best row for a school concert ... and Id be hustling to find senior citizen grandparents a spot near rear of the gym.

Grandparents belong in the rear. They had their turn. I'm tired of sitting behind grandparents who put their phones in my face to record the grandkids. Sit in the back and let the parents see.

Not if drama mom gets her way— grandparents front and center as there are some of the seats she’s saving…

She gets seats for herself but a whole row for grandparents? I guess she'll have to have a confrontation when the programs and sweaters are removed from seats.

She claims to save front and center for her spouse, kids, and the grandparents. She is shocked that people find this inappropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I’m an outlier, but as somebody who doesn’t donate, or volunteer, I don’t see a problem with parents who put in the time and money to get certain preferential treatment.

I don’t have a problem with the Mom who comes in every week to help with grading and the bulletin board to get the coveted chaperoning gig.

… Parents shouldn’t be grading.

I’ve been on most of my daughter’s school trips, I was not aware this was “coveted”.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work FT, also volunteer plenty. Have generally had my teacher requests acknowledged.

What I do think parents who put in significant time at the school should get is preferential seating at school events. Fight me on it. It would kill me when I was working FT, plus doing five hours a wk of PTA board duties and knowing most families do jack squat but will show up 45 minutes early to stake out fhe best row for a school concert ... and Id be hustling to find senior citizen grandparents a spot near rear of the gym.

Grandparents belong in the rear. They had their turn. I'm tired of sitting behind grandparents who put their phones in my face to record the grandkids. Sit in the back and let the parents see.

Not if drama mom gets her way— grandparents front and center as there are some of the seats she’s saving…

She gets seats for herself but a whole row for grandparents? I guess she'll have to have a confrontation when the programs and sweaters are removed from seats.

She claims to save front and center for her spouse, kids, and the grandparents. She is shocked that people find this inappropriate.

She doesn't though because she's so mad the elderly grandparents who don't even need to be there have to sit in the back. They belong in the back so that's a problem that solves itself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work FT, also volunteer plenty. Have generally had my teacher requests acknowledged.

What I do think parents who put in significant time at the school should get is preferential seating at school events. Fight me on it. It would kill me when I was working FT, plus doing five hours a wk of PTA board duties and knowing most families do jack squat but will show up 45 minutes early to stake out fhe best row for a school concert ... and Id be hustling to find senior citizen grandparents a spot near rear of the gym.

Grandparents belong in the rear. They had their turn. I'm tired of sitting behind grandparents who put their phones in my face to record the grandkids. Sit in the back and let the parents see.

Not if drama mom gets her way— grandparents front and center as there are some of the seats she’s saving…

She gets seats for herself but a whole row for grandparents? I guess she'll have to have a confrontation when the programs and sweaters are removed from seats.

She claims to save front and center for her spouse, kids, and the grandparents. She is shocked that people find this inappropriate.

She doesn't though because she's so mad the elderly grandparents who don't even need to be there have to sit in the back. They belong in the back so that's a problem that solves itself.

Maybe she couldn’t keep her trolling story straight? Wasn’t getting enough sympathy, and she was only saving seats for her own kids grandparents?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work FT, also volunteer plenty. Have generally had my teacher requests acknowledged.

What I do think parents who put in significant time at the school should get is preferential seating at school events. Fight me on it. It would kill me when I was working FT, plus doing five hours a wk of PTA board duties and knowing most families do jack squat but will show up 45 minutes early to stake out fhe best row for a school concert ... and Id be hustling to find senior citizen grandparents a spot near rear of the gym.

Grandparents belong in the rear. They had their turn. I'm tired of sitting behind grandparents who put their phones in my face to record the grandkids. Sit in the back and let the parents see.

Not if drama mom gets her way— grandparents front and center as there are some of the seats she’s saving…

She gets seats for herself but a whole row for grandparents? I guess she'll have to have a confrontation when the programs and sweaters are removed from seats.

She claims to save front and center for her spouse, kids, and the grandparents. She is shocked that people find this inappropriate.

She doesn't though because she's so mad the elderly grandparents who don't even need to be there have to sit in the back. They belong in the back so that's a problem that solves itself.

I don't believe in saving seats, but there's a good reason for elderly people who can't see or hear as well to be up front. This is especially true if there's limited seating and they might not get a seat. We have to take care to get my mother good seats at stuff like this because otherwise she might as well not be there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work FT, also volunteer plenty. Have generally had my teacher requests acknowledged.

What I do think parents who put in significant time at the school should get is preferential seating at school events. Fight me on it. It would kill me when I was working FT, plus doing five hours a wk of PTA board duties and knowing most families do jack squat but will show up 45 minutes early to stake out fhe best row for a school concert ... and Id be hustling to find senior citizen grandparents a spot near rear of the gym.

Grandparents belong in the rear. They had their turn. I'm tired of sitting behind grandparents who put their phones in my face to record the grandkids. Sit in the back and let the parents see.

Not if drama mom gets her way— grandparents front and center as there are some of the seats she’s saving…

She gets seats for herself but a whole row for grandparents? I guess she'll have to have a confrontation when the programs and sweaters are removed from seats.

She claims to save front and center for her spouse, kids, and the grandparents. She is shocked that people find this inappropriate.

She doesn't though because she's so mad the elderly grandparents who don't even need to be there have to sit in the back. They belong in the back so that's a problem that solves itself.

I don't believe in saving seats, but there's a good reason for elderly people who can't see or hear as well to be up front. This is especially true if there's limited seating and they might not get a seat. We have to take care to get my mother good seats at stuff like this because otherwise she might as well not be there.

I'm short and have kids actively in school. I don't deserve to sit behind your 6'0 elderly dad He can sit in the back. Your mom can have cake with you after this is for kids and parents, grandparents are 2nd class.

[Anonymous]

Yes but it's called an IEP and lawyer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I’m an outlier, but as somebody who doesn’t donate, or volunteer, I don’t see a problem with parents who put in the time and money to get certain preferential treatment.

I don’t have a problem with the Mom who comes in every week to help with grading and the bulletin board to get the coveted chaperoning gig.

… Parents shouldn’t be grading.

I’ve been on most of my daughter’s school trips, I was not aware this was “coveted”.

lol that is the mindset of these parents.

No, of course parents who donate or volunteer should not get anything extra. The benefit of volunteering and donating is that they get to control their own input (what gets funded, how a volunteer job gets done, how the yard sale gets planned, how the PTA budget is allocated). But zero rights to get anything from the school itself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I work FT, also volunteer plenty. Have generally had my teacher requests acknowledged.

What I do think parents who put in significant time at the school should get is preferential seating at school events. Fight me on it. It would kill me when I was working FT, plus doing five hours a wk of PTA board duties and knowing most families do jack squat but will show up 45 minutes early to stake out fhe best row for a school concert ... and Id be hustling to find senior citizen grandparents a spot near rear of the gym.

Grandparents belong in the rear. They had their turn. I'm tired of sitting behind grandparents who put their phones in my face to record the grandkids. Sit in the back and let the parents see.

Not if drama mom gets her way— grandparents front and center as there are some of the seats she’s saving…

She gets seats for herself but a whole row for grandparents? I guess she'll have to have a confrontation when the programs and sweaters are removed from seats.

She claims to save front and center for her spouse, kids, and the grandparents. She is shocked that people find this inappropriate.

She doesn't though because she's so mad the elderly grandparents who don't even need to be there have to sit in the back. They belong in the back so that's a problem that solves itself.

I don't believe in saving seats, but there's a good reason for elderly people who can't see or hear as well to be up front. This is especially true if there's limited seating and they might not get a seat. We have to take care to get my mother good seats at stuff like this because otherwise she might as well not be there.

I'm short and have kids actively in school. I don't deserve to sit behind your 6'0 elderly dad He can sit in the back. Your mom can have cake with you after this is for kids and parents, grandparents are 2nd class.

If you can't be understanding about other people's needs, there's no reason for other people to be understanding about your needs. If you want a seat upfront, get there early.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work FT, also volunteer plenty. Have generally had my teacher requests acknowledged.

What I do think parents who put in significant time at the school should get is preferential seating at school events. Fight me on it. It would kill me when I was working FT, plus doing five hours a wk of PTA board duties and knowing most families do jack squat but will show up 45 minutes early to stake out fhe best row for a school concert ... and Id be hustling to find senior citizen grandparents a spot near rear of the gym.

Grandparents belong in the rear. They had their turn. I'm tired of sitting behind grandparents who put their phones in my face to record the grandkids. Sit in the back and let the parents see.

Not if drama mom gets her way— grandparents front and center as there are some of the seats she’s saving…

She gets seats for herself but a whole row for grandparents? I guess she'll have to have a confrontation when the programs and sweaters are removed from seats.

She claims to save front and center for her spouse, kids, and the grandparents. She is shocked that people find this inappropriate.

She doesn't though because she's so mad the elderly grandparents who don't even need to be there have to sit in the back. They belong in the back so that's a problem that solves itself.

Maybe she couldn’t keep her trolling story straight? Wasn’t getting enough sympathy, and she was only saving seats for her own kids grandparents?

PP should give up her own seats to her grandparents and stand wherever. Other parents aren't obligated to do that. They are there to see their kids, it's for them, grandparents are taking up seats not meant for them.