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[quote=Anonymous]I think it depends on the school and the age of the kids.  There are things for sure that would only occur if parents volunteer,for example, any hospitality events to welcome new students.  The extra enrichment events like multicultural night, art shows, and science fairs.  The extra set of hands that you need to chaperone fiield trips.

There is also a big fundraising component.  If you go to a public school, you can argue that some things should come from the county or will do so eventually.  There also isn't necessarily a democratic process on how the budget is decided. I do remember small fundraising (remember selling candy bars) when I grew up but parents really weren't required to do much on this front.  A lot of time the fundraising events are combined with community building event so maybe the iceskating event charges enough to cover the event and a little over or a parents night out at the school makes money for the school.  to both raise the money and have events that the kids can attend outside of school takes volunteers.

The last area is classroom stuff.  I am probably most ambivalent about this because I do think educational funding needs to cover the every day. It's one thing to volunteer to be the mystery reader for your child and another to have to find someone to fill in every day for a class aide, library aide etc.  If the cuts are negatively impacting the classroom, the better fight is to try to restore that or figure out how you can pay for it or live with the consequences.  Something essential being filled on a volunteer basis doesn't seem sustainable IMO.[/quote]

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