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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not a room parent and have never been - we have the other issue in our school.  Everyone wants the job.  Each year, we usually have 3-4 per classroom.

Anyway, here is what ours do.  They collect $15 at the beginning of the year for everything - it's a voluntary contribution.  We are a diverse school economically as well.  We have three parties - Halloween, Valentine's and End of year.  Occasionally, there are more.  For example, in kindergarten my kids did a Thanksgiving dinner.

Each time there is a party, the room parent asks for volunteers to bring things and to assist with activities.  If you buy a non food item, such as craft supplies or game prizes, if you keep your receipt and request reimbursement, the room parent will reimburse you.  They do not reimburse for food items or food related paper products but we have no shortage of parents who are willing to bring them in even though we've collected money.  For everything that people don't sign up to bring, the room parents get it using the money that was collected.  At the end of the year, any money left over is given to the teacher as an end of the year gift.

Our room parents usually set up a bank account and meticulously manage the money - receipts for everyting and an accounting at the end of the year for anyone who wants to see it.  [/quote]

Yikes, this sounds like a lot of work.  We usually use sign up genius and have people bring stuff for the parties - paper plates, food, etc.  I think it is too much for the room parent to bring everything.  At the end of the year, we did combine the multiple teacher events into one donation - so one donation was requested for Teacher Appreciation week and the end of year teacher gift.  But then we still had the end of year party and did a sign up genius for that.  If you sign up for something, you pay for it yourself.  It seems to work out ok.  If you do not have money, you can always volunteer to help at the party.  [/quote]

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