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[quote=Anonymous]I was never active while my oldest was in ES because my younger kids were babies (4.5 year gap between kid 1 and 2, then kid 3 is 2 years younger) and I didn't want to pay for childcare to go volunteer at school.  I'm also an extreme introvert and all those type A super organized moms intimidate the hell out of me. I'm also not great with kids (except my own) and don't feel comfortable volunteering in the classroom.

If there was a clear need I'd try to do more, but our ES is overrun with parents. I think some of them are there so much they should pay rent.

I have always sent in the financial contribution our school asks for at the beginning of the year in lieu of fundraisers. I also participate by bringing food, coffee, etc. for teacher appreciation week, december holidays, etc. Sometimes its cookies, sometimes it's a crockpot full of homemade soup, or a giant salad.  We own our own business and have purchased ads in the directory.

Now my youngest is in Kindergarten I will try to attend PTO meetings--in the past they were always the same time as preschool pickup.  I'm also going to start volunteering in the school library--but do work P/T and that has to come first.  [/quote]

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