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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all really, really should be room parents. Really. You understand it so much better.

And while I didn’t lay out every detail of the budget, no more is definitely spent on our kids: paper products, drinks, a vegetable or fruit and dessert. It is beyond me that you wouldn’t consider two classroom lunch parties for your elementary school aged kids. Because your job doesn’t allow gifts you think the teacher shouldn’t get them. I had no idea parents felt this way.

This is the person teaching your kid. If you can’t show a small token of appreciation - don’t. Now I get why people don’t contribute. [/quote]

$4-500 is not a 'small token'.  [/quote]

If it equates to being about 6-7 dollars per family towards a gift for the teacher, it’s a small token. [/quote]
$ 7 X 25 = 175 [/quote]

We get the math. We also assume most families will get the teacher a small item for the holidays, end of year and teacher appreciation week. Most people would spend $10-$15 for that item. This is less than that. Group gifts are typically more extravagant. I’m guessing you’d be good with 25 kids giving her a single mug and a single ornament. [/quote]
I'd be better with 25 kids making a holiday craft, or having pencils/paper. [/quote]

As a gift for the teacher?  This is a fifth grade class. They generally don’t make holiday cards or if they do it’s quickly so they can socialize in fifth grade. [/quote]

No, not for the teacher. Why would the teacher want 25 of the same craft? [/quote]

Yeah, I used to do craft stations when the kids were younger but I stopped. Not enough funds.  [/quote]
There would be if you didn't spend it all on teacher gifts, which to be honest, are 'from' you, just funded by the class.  [/quote]

If that's what you want to say to justify not giving, that's your opinion.  Our teacher gifts are clearly from the class (gift card with picture frame signed by each kid, irrespective of whether their parents contributed).  If parents want to give their own gifts to suck up they can do that too.[/quote]

A lot of people feel that the 'gifts' decided on by room parents are inappropriate.  If you want to do separate collections, you might be surprised at how many more people would contribute to a 'class fund' that was actually for the class.  [/quote]

We don't do "gifts" at my school, just gift cards (usually to target) with a small signed object attached (picture frame, soccer ball etc.) so the teacher has each kid's signature associated with the gift.  And yes, like the other room mom, I have to take time out of my schedule to get every kid to sign at lunch.[/quote]

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