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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought of this thread when I signed up to send in 5 containers of sprinkles for the upcoming Valentines Day party. Other people are bring icing and paper plates and napkins and juice boxes. 10 parents have been asked to volunteer to man specific stations. Construction paper and extra glue sticks were requested for making a craft, book marks!

No pizza[/quote]

That’s not the point. Some parties have pizza. Some don’t. Point is, is someone else steps up to fill a job that helps your family in some way, and you didn’t do anything to help in form the ideas of how things would be formulated (be a co roomparent), then you should pony up and pay even if it isn’t how you’d do a party if you were throwing it bc you didn’t otherwise step up. You don’t like it?  Be room parent next time. None of this applies if you really can’t afford it. If you personally (not received a donation) paid $55 for the box of school supplies from the school at the beginning of the year, you can afford to pay.

I’ve been a room parent many times and not a room parent many times. Plenty of times I’ve not liked how others have done a job as room parent or a volunteer job in the pta or a volunteer job at a fundraising event elsewhere.  Heck, I didn’t even like once how some of the decisions were made about the scheduling and planning for a family reunion. But If I didn’t step up and volunteer to do the planning - I kept my yapper shut and did what I was told, showed up when asked and paid what was needed. I am room parent and just pay myself.  One year (1st grade), the teacher said the kids ran out of notebooks and they needed them for writing.  (At the beginning the the year, I asked her what she wanted me to help her with and this was one thing- communicate with parents about school supplies).  She asked me to ask the parents to please send in notebooks. I did. She emailed me saying 4 notebooks came in.  My kid’s was one of them.  I sent 3 emails about it. 10 days later I purchased the notebooks myself. This was in McLean.  Gmafb with this lazy ass, cheap ass attitude of non responsiveness. [/quote]

You really equate the ability to pay for basic school supplies for the ability to pay for extravagant parties?  Pretty sad that you don't see the difference between he two.

And you also don't see the difference between an event at a public school v some private institution, a school or otherwise.  You don't get to simply decide people should pony up for what you want just because they aren't a room parent.  This holds true regardless of whether they are able to afford it or not.  It is not your money and you don't get to spend other people's money for a public school event.

You sound like you might just be happier sending our kids to private school, and I am sure other parents in your class would.  Maybe they would help pony up for your tuition.[/quote]

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