Reply to if you get financial aid do schools expect you attend all events

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "if you get financial aid do schools expect you attend all events"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are an FA family and try to volunteer whenever possible - weekend events, preparation for fundraisers, etc. We are grateful to receive the aid and try to make that clear by giving time when we can. But not everyone can do that. We know another FA family where father is a mechanic and the mother works in retail, so they have to work weekends. I'm sure the school doesn't hold it against anyone. It is primarily the wealthy, SAHMs that run the volunteer events, but I assume that is because they have plenty of time to do so.[/quote]

We are a similar FA family. My DH and I both volunteer whenever possible and are as engaged as we can be. We get significant aid and figure we should spend our volunteer efforts there as we have been given much. I have found that because we are able to be so present, that we are more a part of the community than other families I know who are on aid but unable to be as present. We are invited to more social events with other parents, there are more play date offers and invitations to join outside of school activities. I recognize the privilege we have with flexible work schedules, and wish that others could be more present if they wanted to do so. [/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