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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do $100 per child, but my children’s school does a pool so it’s from the whole classroom. I greatly prefer this as I want to be generous (they do so much!) but don’t want to be seen as trying to curry favor. [/quote]

Is that even allowed? [/quote]

Why wouldn’t it be? I just got a room parent email last week with suggested amount of $50 per kid. But this was just a suggested amount and we could choose to give more or less. They also collect for teacher and assistant birthdays and teacher’s appreciation.  [/quote]

In VA public school teachers are not allowed to accept gifts at or valued at anything over $100 total FOR THE YEAR.  They can lose their job if they do.  I suspect enforcement is low on that, but it puts the teacher in an awkward spot of maybe having to turn down a gift if it's too pricey.

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But this is a class gift pool, not an individual gift. [/quote]

NP. Right, but the $100 per child the PP mentioned is maxing out what that family can give that teacher for the whole school year. So nothing additional for teacher appreciation week, end of the year, etc would be allowed.

The answer the OP, I don’t give teacher gifts. My kids make small handmade gifts & cards for them. I do volunteer for teachers a lot, though. [/quote]

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