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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know about "silly."  There are a lot of new families for the development staff to get to know quickly.  They're probably reaching out to get to know lots of parents, and are trying to identify those that maybe have philanthropic capacity, experience with independent schools, and maybe some past board service.

I'd just ask about the goals of the campaign and the community's progress towards them.  They'll do the rest of the talking.   If you can do what they ask (which could just be an extra generous annual fund gift this year), you've made their jobs easy for them.  And if you have a genuine interest in some kind of volunteer role outside the parents association, ask about those for sometime in the future (but don't push).  They now have two reasons to love you, and they will let the Head know.  That's all you need to do. No need to be obvious about a future application, which would seem transactional.

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You are delusional if you think the development office worker is going to let the head of the school know about your meeting and interest in helping the school.  Not happening.[/quote]

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