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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a SWS parent who works outside the home I have to admit that I rely a lot on the stay at home parents - to tell me what is going on in the classroom and at the school more broadly, to send me pictures of field trips,  to generally help me feel connected. There have certainly been times when I've felt a pang of something (guilt, jealousy, I don't know) that I can't volunteer on the same level. But talking to other friends who work, they have the same pangs occasionally. 
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Another SWS WOHM, and I agree with this. The super-involved SAH parents (not just moms, but mostly) do all seem to know each other better and hang out together. But they are perfectly friendly if you sidle up next to them on the playground or at meetings or whatever. To the SWS PP who feels left out: I strongly encourage reaching out, if befriending other parents is important to you. Go to the auction, to some of the game nights or whatever, hang out after pickup on the playground. Chat with the parents who you think of as "cliqueish." Or, even better, with the other parents you see who also don't seem to know everyone!

SWS does seem to have an extraordinarily high ratio of SAH or very part-time-employed parents. I just looked at my daughter's class list and, yes, 11 out of the 22 kids in her class have a SAH parent. (It's lower for my older kid's class.) That certainly affects the feeling of the school and probably makes working moms feel less comfortable. But our kids' school is made a better place by all the hours volunteered by those SAH parents so I try to remind myself to feel grateful rather than jealous or left out.[/quote]

I think this PP has it exactly right. SWS has been like this for a long time. I was an SWS WOHM when it was still housed in the Cluster and only PK4 and PK5. I had the same pangs, and shook my head a bit at the surprisingly high percentage of SAH parents. But just as the PP mentioned, I made the effort to reach into that SAHM clique, whose service to the school I also appreciated. Lo and behold, years later, with kids scattered to many schools my closest mommy friends are my SWS compatriots, SAH and WOH, as well as a couple of the SWS teachers.[/quote]

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