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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Honestly I can't keep track of it all. They send flyers, emails, Dojo messages, parent vue messages and also tell my kid things. Can they pick ONE method of communication and send everything through that?? [/b]

My kindergartener keeps saying she wants to buy ice cream and the teacher told her to ask her mom for money. So my Kindergartener keeps asking me for "one penny" to buy the ice cream. I haven't been able to track down how much ice cream actually costs and what it's for. Is it a fundraiser? DD says they eat them on the playground during recess. Or is this a cafeteria dessert and I need to put money on her account at school (no clue how- she brings lunch). I've thought about sending her with a $1 and a $5, but maybe it's less?

Just one dumb example, but there is a ridiculous amount of "extra labor" that schools push onto parents. I also think they haven't ever worked in a corporate environment so they have no clue how to communicate. Stop with the dumb frilly flyers with lots of misspellings and start sending concise emails with links that I can click that say "add to calendar". [/quote]

This is my biggest frustration. I don't mind the theme days, PTA events/fundraisers, etc. It's all voluntary so if you want to do it, do it. If not, don't. But make it easy to find the information in one, concise email. My child's current teacher makes this easy but other teachers in the past have used any combination of methods and it's crazy. Class Dojo was the worst and don't even get me started on Parentvue.

However, I am coaching a sports team this spring and the parents are absolutely ridiculous--they "didn't get" the email, this one texts me, another one sends me a sports team app we should use. NO--I don't have time for that. Read your damn email. So, I'm sure teachers are just trying to reach everyone where they are most likely to be reached because some parents are....extra.[/quote]

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