MCPS school collecting Xmas gifts
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Anonymous
| I thought the contribution limit was $25, but you could do it twice a year. |
Anonymous
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What a bunch of tightwads you are all.
Poor kids shouldn't get presents Teachers don't deserve a gift over $20 Got it. |
Anonymous
Teachers are not legally allowed to accept a gift over $20. That has nothing to do with what they do or don't deserve. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/bbb.pdf |
Anonymous
Well I have given every one of my kid's teachers min $50 gift card/gift for winter and end of year and no one ever returns it. I also give my mailman, trashmen, hair dresser etc... big holiday tips. Do they have a minimum? What a stupid policy. |
Anonymous
Can you think of a reason why MCPS might want to have a policy limiting the amount of money a parent can give a public employee? |
Anonymous
Well how about this. As soon as politicians aren't able to acquire gifts of unlimited amounts, THEN we can tell MCPS it's okay to limit it for teachers. |
Anonymous
They aren't allowed to. Not even in Virginia. Whether they actually do, despite the law, is a different question. It's also a different question for teachers in MCPS, evidently -- given that at least one person routinely gives gift cards of >$50. |
Anonymous
As an educator, I find it highly offensive that you feel you should "tip" me. I'm not your "help". I am a professional, and I have several years' experience, so I make close to six figures for 10 months of work. I deserve that, and I'm compensated for my work. I am not a service professional, like a hairdresser, who does not make a salary. I probably have better health insurance than you do. I don't need your "tip". |
Anonymous
Wow, you are a total and complete bitch. Hope my kid never has you for a teacher so you can roll their eyes at their gifts. Every year we make candies together, fill a mason jar, write a thank you note and attach a $25 Starbucks gift card. I will make sure I don't do that now. Didn't realize it offended. Wow, I am just shocked. |
Anonymous
I'm surprised that you're shocked that a teacher might be offended to be grouped with mail carriers, garbage collectors, and hair dressers. Well, now you know. (I'm not the teacher PP.) |
Anonymous
I wasn't the PP and you or her were talking about. But anyway, the PP also mentioned she gives $50 gift cards, not a tip to her . She compared the policy to others you would give gifts and or tips around this time of the year. Do they have a policy? And hate to break it to you. Many mail carriers, hair dressers and garbage collectors get paid more than a teacher. All the reason why I like to give the $25 Starbucks gift cards. My thought is every little bit helps. For a teacher to come on here and talk that way like she is some high class snob (making near 6 figures) and doesn't like gifts from students. That is so far off-base and unsettling. |
Anonymous
| If you want to stop this just pretend to be a Muslim and politely request that MCPS collect gifts for your children's holiday too. This will stop them for collecting for Christmas fast. |
Anonymous
Email Starr! lol! The community supt won't even address your rant. |
Anonymous
I wouldn't have used the same wording as the teacher PP, but I get her point. I don't need a holiday gift either. My daughter, who's 10, will give a gift to her teacher b/c she wants to. But as an adult, I don't involve myself. I'd rather get a thank you card, and while I love coffee, I can pay for my drinks. In fact, I do every morning. Teachers in MCPS receive good salaries. My husband, also a teacher, makes about $10K more than I do. We're in the low $200,000s. I hardly see that as being poor. So gifts should be given by children - not by parents. I'm in a service profession - but with three degrees. So I don't really need coffee from Mommy or Daddy. |
Anonymous
I don't know whether to laugh or cry, |