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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Art fee, $25. Chorus, $50.

It literally never crossed my mind to be upset about this. I'm happy to pay for the specialized supplies or resources these teacher need to work with my kids. [/quote]

This also is not new. I was in middle school and high school in the late 80s to early 90s, and even back then, my parents paid fees for courses I took.

I'm so tired of all these threads about the cost of school supplies and school fees. It is expensive to have kids. Stop complaining.[/quote]

I bet they weren't paying a fortune in property taxes that go up every single year. The money goes to meals, special services, interpreters, etc. [/quote]

I promise you, people in the 1980's were complaining about taxes and how they were being spent. None of this is new, none of it. Property taxes existed, they were going up on a regular basis, and people complained about how the money was used. It is an age-old issue.

And yes, parents paid extra for certain activities at school, like band and chorus and art. You are not just paying a teacher to supervise a club after school; you are paying that teacher for the time after school every day, not just one day aweek, and for attending events on the weekends and in the evening. If you are with a program that does any type of travel, you are paying for that teacher's time while traveling and costs. You are also paying for kids who legitimately cannot afford the costs associated with the program, not the parents who are grumbling about having to pay for the costs associated with the program.

I have no problem paying the fees. I don't mind donating to tag day if kids come by my house. I choose not to participate in the extra car washes to send kids to Hawaii to participate in a parade. Hawaii is awesome, love it there, the parade is not that big of a deal, it really isn't an honor, and there is plenty of time for kids to grow up and figure out how to travel to Hawaii for vacation. I understand why they want to go but that really is a luxury, and I don't feel like I need to help pay for that. Maybe something like the Rose Parade that is hard to be invited to participate in and represents a high level of achievement in competitions but not some of the other ones that I have seen.

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These fees are not for after school activities.

These fees are for 5th period engineering class or 2nd period orchestra.[/quote]

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