Reply to Holiday gifts for teachers

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Holiday gifts for teachers"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would like to give each of my daughters two teachers a $50 gift card. There is no class gift.  This is a title 1 school and I know most families in the class would not be able to contribute so everyone does their own thing.   The teachers do a great job and I try to also buy things off their wishlist at least once and month and snacks for the class every month.   I have heard there are "gift limits" but will a teacher really reject a $50/card?[/quote]

I'm in FCPS.  It's not like the principal checks all our cards and removes anything over $25.  The teacher certainly won't reject it.  The issue is that it can very well make things awkward--it can feel like a bribe to treat the kid a certain way.  (I teach middle school, so it's those "this kid got an 89 for the quarter but mom gave me xyz, is she expecting me to give him the A-? If I don't and hold my ground is she going to turn sour and be upset the rest of the year, making my life more difficult?")

If you want to give the big gift, save it for June when there is no longer a chance the gift can be misconstrued.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics