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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers buy a lot for their classrooms and do a lot to take care of kids whose parents don’t send them with proper supplies. I don’t think that Teachers should pay out of their pockets and I know that the schools are not giving them the money for the supplies that they buy. I am comfortable chipping in $25 at winter break and the end of the year to help defer costs. And if some of that ends up paying for a personal splurge, great. My kid has had a good experience at school and I don’t have a problem with spoiling his Teachers a bit.

I get not every parent can contribute which is why I like class gifts. The Teachers don’t need to know who chipped in and who didn’t. [/quote]

This is true but here (Arlington) the teachers who spend the most get the least. Basically if you work in a school north of rat 50, you’re getting hundreds of dollars multiple times a year (holidays, teacher appreciation, one year also a baby shower). If you work in a less affluent neighborhood you maybe make $20. That doesn’t sit right with me. I think there should be a limit on how much public employees can accept. I can only give my mailman $5 but we can give our teacher $500? Growing up my mom was a teacher and I’m pretty sure she couldn’t accept gifts over $25. Yes, she got a lot of mugs and notepads, but I remember all the kids working to choose the gift; these days I just Venmo the money no my kids could care less.[/quote]

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