Holiday gifts for teachers

[Anonymous]

DCPS parent, here. Asking for contributions from families is tricky b/c you don't know the ability of all families to contribute.

I give each teacher and classroom aide a pair of movie tickets.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DC is in elementary school. The class parent is asking families to contribute $25 each for a teacher gift from the class. The same parent organized a birthday gift for the teacher in the same amount last month. I have never heard of students giving a birthday present to a teacher. I feel like this is all too much. The class parent asked for feedback over a mass email, but I don't want to be publicly shamed for saying I think $10 is more appropriate.

What do you typically give to an elementary teacher? If a gift card, how much?

Ignore the email. I give $0 to the teacher unless they've done something outstanding for my child.

Putting up with your brat for 8 hours a day isn’t outstanding enough?!

School is 6 hours. Minus lunch. Minus recess. Minus specials. Teachers are overpaid.

1. School is 7.5 hours
2. You don't only get paid for presentations at a job, you get paid to prep that presentation as well
3. I shouldn't even be replying, because clearly you're just trying to stir sht up.

MCPS elementary starts at 9. Ends at 3:20. I'd ask you to do the math but it sounds like you're an elementary school teacher so that's probably asking too much.
After deducting lunch recess specials and holidays, take out summer. How much time are teacher actually working?
That's a rhetorical question.
No gifts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC is in elementary school. The class parent is asking families to contribute $25 each for a teacher gift from the class. The same parent organized a birthday gift for the teacher in the same amount last month. I have never heard of students giving a birthday present to a teacher. I feel like this is all too much. The class parent asked for feedback over a mass email, but I don't want to be publicly shamed for saying I think $10 is more appropriate.

What do you typically give to an elementary teacher? If a gift card, how much?

Ignore the email. I give $0 to the teacher unless they've done something outstanding for my child.

Putting up with your brat for 8 hours a day isn’t outstanding enough?!

School is 6 hours. Minus lunch. Minus recess. Minus specials. Teachers are overpaid.

Yeah. And if you get them to put lunch, recess and specials at the end of the day, you can just leave 2 hours early and go home.