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[quote=Anonymous]I've been a room parent for one of my kids' classes (i.e. I switch which kid I do it for) for six years now. For field trips, sometimes I've had the teachers email the room parents first to ask if they want to do it (I guess assuming that we're the ones who would) and then they'll ask other parents if they'd want to go. I actually work a full-time job, so chaperoning isn't always at the top of my list so I generally say I'll if needed but if not let others do it. Having seen multiple different teachers and their approaches, I do think sometimes they think it's easiest to email the room parents and sometimes they'll just email the whole class. I've never thought about it one way or the other, but then I don't feel the need/desire to chaperone and I could see being annoyed if it wasn't offered up to everyone. Of course, it if was done first-come, first-served then that's also a bit unfair to the people who can't/don't read personal email during the day. I guess there's a best practices way of doing it - maybe give everyone three days to respond and then draw names out of a hat? But those seem like adding more work for the teachers so I can see choosing the path of least resistance. [/quote]

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