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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another person in the camp of: my kid doesn't need the excess parties and junk.  Most of the activities are make work and i'd be happier without.  My DH and i both work, and our "school taxes" line last year on our state tax return was over $7000.  Perhaps if some of these women got real jobs that paid taxes, that would give a more helpful financial dent in the school budget instead of their begging for $5 here and there from other parents.  [/quote]

If you give the school system more money, they will find more ways to waste it.  They aren't going to say, hey, we are getting $5million more this year, so lets give it directly to the teaches so they can have $500 each to do as they see fit for their classroom.  It doesn't work that way so either you donate money, food or it comes out of the room parent's pocket. When you are stingy and only send in the exact supplies asked and your child runs out, who do you think supplies it - either the teacher buys with their own money, room parent asks for more donations or a few of us are decent and donate knowing its a need.  Some of us don't need to work. Our spouses make enough for us to comfortably live on and we value spending time with our kids over money.  We have plenty of savings, a good college fund and can pay cash for what ever we need.  So, I'm happy to donate $5 or $100 (which is often what I spend) on a class party so stingy people like you can complain about someone asking for a donation to benefit your child.  Do us a favor and have your nanny get your child home early from school that day so its one less mouth to feed.[/quote]

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