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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, just another perspective on this.  My DH volunteers as an age-group coordinator in a local youth sports organization, and every season (2x/year) he rosters and schedules 500+ kids, 90% of whom come in with special requests.

It's like a part time job. But one of the perks is that he gets to decide the schedule for our son's team.  Is that fair?  I don't know.  But given the enormous amount of time he pours into this, and the fact that it's a largely behind-the-scenes position with little to no recognition of the hard work, it feels fair to me that he gets first dibs on the schedule.

I for one appreciate all the work that the PTO does so that I don't have to. And if the "perk" they get is first dibs on the signup form?  That seems okay to me.[/quote]

100% this. As a former PTO board member, what KILLED me were all these parents who never had two seconds to help out with anything we needed, but would show up 45 minutes before a school concert or other event to claim prime seating while those of us pouring our free time into the school sat on the floor or 15 rows back. [b]And I say this as a mom who works FT out of the home in a demanding job[/b].[/quote]

Nobody is forcing you to be a PTO martyr or a demanding job martyr. People choose to be overwhelmed with extra activities that are meaningless in grand scheme of things. And you have absolutely no idea what people deal with at home that is just as demanding as an outside job. Caring for elderly parents, caring for a disabled adult child, dealing with a chronic illness that limits your physical activity, etc. The last kind of person the school needs on the PTO board is someone whose real motive is being congratulated for their huge sacrifice.[/quote]

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