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[quote=Anonymous]"Your response is interesting. I don't think this thread is about dedicating all kind of time to the school, but mainly just to take an interest in your child's education. I am not the OP, but I took it as even contributin a 4 to 8 hours max for the whole school year. I am making the assumption that other parents would be doing their part as well. I don't think that taking 8 hours of your work time off in the span of 10 months is going to make or break your job situation. If that was the case, why would jobs give us weeks of vacation time. If it is the case, then you need to find another job that stands behind the vacation time it offers as a benefit to its employees. I know at my workplace, they encourage vacation time as a security measure."

Do you have any clue how elitist you sound?

I didn't take the PP's posting as elitist. Makes sense to me. This forum is all about taking things to the extreme....all or nothing...haha."

Are you kidding me?  Do you actually not see that it is elitist to assume that everyone gets paid vacation time?  And elitist to assume that, among those who do get paid vacation, they get enough to allocate some of that time to volunteering at school?  Most parents in this country have to save up their days off so they don't have to lose pay when they must stay home home with sick kids or on snow days, or take themselves and their kids to the doctor and dentist, or deal with other household or family responsibilities.[/quote]

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