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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are at a borderline title 1 school that we have actually liked a lot and dc seems to be doing very well. Although it can get tiresome to not have more volunteers for things I LOVE that it is not a hyper competitive dynamic for parents like it seems exists at schools where people have way too much time on their hands.

Kids do about 6 field trips (maybe two of which are actually in school special events). If you want to chaperone they are always happy to have you. My kid is never the only one without a parent at random school parties. [b]They do not go overboard with daytime events and PTA mtgs are all at night. Also most parents are just normal reasonable people instead of trying to one up all the time.)[/b][/quote]

This.

I jokingly said I grew up in the time that my parents never went to school other than parent teacher conference and that was okay and normal.  They were involved with making sure we did our homework but it was not realistic to take off work for a Valentine's day party mid-day.  One year they wiped all their vacation days when all three of us (kids) had chicken-pox one after the other.

Personally, I think the type of volunteering that really makes a difference is when a parent is a troop leader or MSI coach, Girls on the run coach, or robotics team coach etc..They offer enrichment to the kids that can't be met in the normal school hours and are usually more financial accessible than a family doing the same enrichment by a private organization.[/quote]

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