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[quote=Anonymous]I really only felt like kindergarten was a lot of work in this way.  But i figured that was just part of the elementary school experience and I sucked it up.  1st and 2nd grades have been less intense in the parental-involvement area.  This year (2nd) there were opportunities to sign up to chaperone 3 field trips and there will be a class party before Christmas.  I ended up chaperoning one field trip for a few hours and I'll help with the party because my work won't be busy then and I can take an hour out of a telework day, and make some cookies the night before.

Look, do what you can.  Push back if you feel something is excessive.  Don't sign up if you can't sign up.  I will say this, though - if you're only working "very PT" and can't manage to do something occasionally, you might need to work on your time management.  Most of the parents I know work FT and we manage to do things occasionally.  Frankly, there are about 20 moms at my school who run everything and I'd guess that 80% of them work outside the home.  If we want our kids to go to good schools with parent involvement, part of that means being involved parents ourselves, and that can mean giving up a little free time.[/quote]

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