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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Huh? We step up to coach, be scout leaders, volunteer at school because no one else will. Not trying to relive anything.

Field trips are fun, but my kids beg me to go on them. I only go on one per year per kid. I'm very annoyed at parents that sign up for every field trip because it doesn't give others opportunity to go.

PTA is where I draw the line. I'm not stepping up to do things that I think admin or central office should be doing. I also just want to treat teachers like professionals, not some pink collar job where we give them free snacks one week a year. [/quote]

Lol, I go to the high school PTA because only about 10 of us do.  I don't want the administrators to think there are zero parents out of hundreds who care to check in with the principal once a month to make sure things are going okay.

Teachers in our small, hometowny district love getting snacks.  I am an MBA and I originally found the emphasis on stuff like free bagels, taco bar for conference night, bread loaf donation at Thanksgiving to have a gift at the table, kind of odd.  But the teachers really like these displays of small kindnesses.  It's like getting a handmade paper valentine from a kid.  It still matters that somebody took time to do something for you.

I cannot fix the entire broken infrastructure of the US education sector, but I can take a little time to be kind to my direct community.  And to buy things like wipes and paper towels even though the schools technically could do that.  Because actually they won't.[/quote]

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