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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a pretty blurred line, slippery slope… I don’t think they should get preferential treatment. But I did volunteer a lot, which put me in the front office a lot, and face time in passing with lots of teachers and students. It gave me an advantage in that I had a better sense of which teachers cared, which students needed remedial help, which students were goofs whom I’d rather not have my child grouped with. Did the school say “Oh thanks so much for volunteering and donating generously. Please take first pick of teachers and tell us of any friend group issues!”? No. But I was able to have conversations which naturally happened over time and over being around the school a lot. [/quote]

You are the type that teachers don’t like. Using volunteering so that you gossip and snoop.  Why would you make it your business to know who needed academic help and why would you need to. The only way you would know is if you rummaged through their files and found the IEP packets.

And you’re observing kids to find the kids who are “goofs” whatever that means. Such a valuable resource you are 🤮[/quote]

Rummaging around to find IEP files? Have you spent any time volunteering at school or in classrooms? You can be a class reader for 15 minutes and know right away which children are problematic. They have an aide or are constantly being primed by the teacher. Everybody who volunteers knows who these one or two kids are. I don’t gossip about that, so if you don’t volunteer, you don’t know. [/quote]

Our schools don't use parents to come in and read.  Not only for the reason of parents gossiping about children but it’s just not helpful.  Parents go in when invited for a demonstration or show of artwork in the younger years.  I know I’ve never noticed who has the aide or who is disruptive.  [/quote]

Well, then I guess you are just not observant. Or you are so focused on Larlo that you are oblivious to everyone and everything else around you. To the rest of us, it's clear. Or maybe Larlo IS the problem child.[/quote]

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