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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DEI director here. If the school says the event is open to all, believe them. If it was for a specific community within the school, they would say so. [/quote]

I fully support DEI but the equity part I think can be unrealistic at times and maybe not fair as once we all start comparing our advantages and disadvantages it can get messy.

For example, school needs parents to pay and host an event for all parents in a grade. One parent wants to be listed as a host on the invitation but they express they can not pay what the others are paying. Thoughts on this? I think it is unfair and all should pay equally or just not be listed as a host. Thoughts?[/quote]

Not the PP - but from what I've seen at our (3) schools - the school doesn't structure events where a "subset of parents" pay to host a school sanctioned event and then put their names on the invitation.

Examples: Families offer to use their home to host an event but the school pays for it. Families offer to host a pot-luck event  - where all participating families bring food. Or, the school hosts the event at school.  In cases where there are student events (trips) that parents are paying a fee, the school provides support for students receiving aid. [/quote]

The point being - there is genuine thought put into "how" the school operates and how parent/student events are run so that they are practicing the "equitable" part of DEI[/quote]

In our experience when they start meddling like this the fun events and parties start to dwindle or at least the ones where all are invited because those parents hosting them get tired of trying to meet these requirements. Sooooo what has happened is they still have their fun fancy parties and what happens is many are just left out of them so that is not good either. I dont blame them for not wanting to deal with all of these requirements etc... People are busy and do not have time or patience especially when they are BEING inclusive already by inviting all. [/quote]

**The most important part is that they are inviting ALL - whether it be all parents or all students in a class - that is all that should matter.

For people to impose DEI rules on it is silly and selfish quite frankly. I could see if it somehow cut out people but that is not the case. As long as all are invited I support the gesture and appreciate them for doing it. [/quote]

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