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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the room parent at a public school. I end up paying for most of the food for kids' parties. We don't get pizza for parties, but it takes a lot of effort to put together a table of healthy food for these parties.

Before the holidays, I asked parents to vote to decide if they wanted to have a group class gift, then 1/2 backed out at the last minute, so I end up fronting 100s of dollars for that (instead of the 20 per family).

I have a serious illness and I lost my job this year (I have a temporary, lower paying one now). I still did the right thing.

I have no sympathy for the shirkers who don't even give a thought to the burden they're placing on a VOLUNTEER who is trying to make sure things are nice for all their kids and the teacher who takes care of them 8 hours a day.

Do better shirkers.[/quote]

Group gift should have been whatever was donated, no making up money.  Given the shutdown/build up?  I understand totally.[/quote]

No, this is why you don't do group gifts or you use the money you have.  As the room parent collecting the money, you use what you have and choose a gift.  If you choose to do more, then it should come out of your pocket.  Our school follows the group gift limit so that would have been in violation of ethics.

I don't see how even if you provide nice food and pay for it all (I've done it where I've done sign up genius, collected money, gave up and just paid for it depending on the year) and even with nice food, its no more than $75 or so.  What are you all buying?[/quote]

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