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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A high school seniors family will have been shaken down for 100’s of dollars in the last four years for you (higher at private school) for your breakfasts and your lunches and your baskets and your holiday card. $30.00 for a milestone doesn’t seem like a big deal to me.[/quote]

The comparison is not equivalent. Parents can easily choose to avoid giving food gifts, and generally avoid participating at all! Teachers, if pressured by their administration, cannot do this, because their jobs/recommendations/standing, are on the line.

I volunteered from K-12 and was a member of the PTA Board for my kids' elementary. I don't like the food thing, honestly, and never participated in that. I've had teachers share with me that they're not enthused by all the free food the PTA prepares - what they most like are gift cards to use where THEY want, not a tray of whatever in the teacher's lounge, or distribution of pies or whatever. Most female teacher are on diets at any given point in the year. There are so many allergies and restrictions these days. PTAs can make teachers lives better in other ways than by preparing meals.

It's shocking that a private school would think that teachers have anything to donate to their school or their students. Their salaries do not justify that type of contribution.

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