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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being a room parent isn't the only way parents can volunteer in the school. There's no reason to put them on a pedestal when other people put in the effort just as much if not more, or contribute in other ways. I'm not a room parent but I put in many more hours in a volunteer capacity than the room parents do. I prefer the sign up genius route which gives everyone a fair shake. Let the rooms parents be the alternates if someone can't make it last minute if they have already had a turn chaperoning, like anyone else. But to act like they are the hardest working most selfless volunteers in the school who NEED this perk is ridiculous. I ask for nothing in return for the volunteer work I do. In the past 2 years I have chaperoned only 1 field trip and I have 3 elementary aged kids. I'm not often quick enough for the sign up.[/quote]

Yeah. I don’t like the sign up genius. It favors SAHM parents who have more time to check email and will see the sign ups first and therefore get the slots and fill them before anyone else even sees the sign up genius. The teacher should give one week to see who wants to go and then pull names from a bag in front of the students. That would be fair. [/quote]
 
I'm a SAHM. It favors the working moms who check email frequently. I don't need to check email all day long, so I miss these things, but I don't really care that much. There's usually one spot or one line item left. There's no perfect system but signup is at least transparent.[/quote]

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