Do room parents get preferential treatment?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes room parents get first dibs on field trip chaperoning. If you don't like that - be a room parent.

Uh, no. Room parents deserve zero preference. In reality the teacher should be including different parents on every event or trip.

OP, tell the teacher directly that you would like to go next time. If she still only picks the room parents, contact the principal.

This is SO DCUM!

[Anonymous]

Room parents by usually a self selecting group of involved and organized parents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers are professional. Professionals do not show favoritism. Teachers should not be casual, friends, with parents. Too much hanging-out at the school by the Room Mom is a problem.

It means they have problem kids

Not in my case. I literally put in the time all year because I wanted to be at all the class parties, I wanted to go on the feel trip, and I wanted a good enough relationship with the teacher that I could let her know my preference for the following year’s teacher. At our school, the current year teacher places her students for the following year. I always got my preferred teacher for the grade. This was of high value to me.

Ugh, you're the kind of person who makes room parents look bad. I have never once asserted my opinion about which teachers my kids should have. I trust the school to make the best choices for all involved. You sound awful.

This is incredibly naive but also fine because not everyone can get their preference. Someone has to have the mean or crappy teacher! I viewed it as a few hours a week of my time was WELL worth getting the best teacher in each grade for my children. The rest was just gravy. They are in MS and HS now. I regret nothing.