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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please talk to the administration. When my DS was in ES, his school did the same exact thing. My DS was one of the few that didn't get an award. He didn't care about the award. What he cared about was that I wasn't there when all the other kids' parents were there. Yes, PP, some schools actually do invite only the parents whose children get the awards. This is a horrible practice that needs to be stopped. It would still be bad if half the class got awards and the other half didn't, but usually there were only a handful of kids - usually special needs kids like my DS - who didn't receive the awards so they were really singled out to the other students and the other parents. My DS thought he was being punished for "not being smart". I started going to the awards ceremony even though my son never got an award. Some kids were visibly upset when they didn't receive an award. Most kids were happily hugging their parents after the ceremony while the few kids who didn't get an award - or who had parents who couldn't take time off work to be there - were standing around looking sad. Broke my heart. I complained but was really surprised that no other parents seemed to care. I guess when your kid is happy and smiling and getting an award, it is hard to see that there are other kids standing alone with tears in their eyes. [/quote]

I was going to suggest to the OP to just butt out.  But after this post, I changed my mind. I'd bring the topic up with the adminstration.  As far as notifying the other parent...I might send an email just explaining that not all parents have been made aware of the ceremony and you wanted to be sure he/she knew about it. [/quote]

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