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[quote=Anonymous]The majority of schools in the bigger cities (NY, DC, Boston, LA) have gone to some sort of a monetary limit on gifts and it is something that is seen as a "best practice" for private schools.  Basically, parents should not have to feel pressure to compete with other parents in giving fancy gifts; teachers shouldn't be put in a position of feeling obligation to a particular family; and it is not good for a family, teacher, or school if there is a perception (even if totally unfounded) that the child whose family gives spectacular gifts gets special treatment.  Lastly, there is the issue of faculty morale/collegiality.  This will date me -- and it's funny to me to remember it -- but I taught at a boarding school in the late 1980s and I can remember all the young faculty being terribly jealous when one of the sports teams gave their coach one of them new-fangled VCRs!  I got a clipboard that all the kids signed in silver ink -- which I still have, showing it was a much better present than expensive but someday obsolete electronics -- but I do recall that the green-eyed monster of envy reared its head.[/quote]

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