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We have 20 in our class. We have to give $100 to the pta for teacher appreciation week. (Mandatory from all classes) That’s $600. If I do $150 for Xmas and $150 for end of year that’s pretty reasonable. That’s less than $7.50 a person. We then have teacher appreciation week for the teacher $125, her birthday $50, that leaves $125 for the two class parties that take place over lunch.  Pizza is about $50-$60 per party. I  also get cards to accompany the gifts.  Our gifts from the class are straight gift cards to places like amazon. I know you’re thinking I’m some thief or shifting money to my friend so she can make a shitty gift for the teacher. I’m actually trying to make it a nice year for the kids and help the teacher. No one else signed up to do the job so I stepped up.  Did you?  I can’t believe parents actually think not only are they not gonna give but they think I’m somehoe skimming off the top or having friends pocket a profit. [/quote]

[b]You need to work within the budget that you have[/b].  If you want $700 and only get $400, then scale things back.  Give one nice gift for teacher appreciation week, and let people just give their own presents on X-mas and the end of the year.  Many people are already doing that anyway, so on top of the $150 card you're giving from the class, she's already getting another 10 or so $25 cards from people in the class.  If it's not in the budget to do the pizza parties, then come up with something else.  Or order pizza somewhere cheaper.  Or only have 1 of the parties.  Or use all of the money for pizza, and then have a signup genius for the other foods needed for the party.

No matter what choices you make, you ask for money, you get what you get, and then set your budget based on what you actually get, rather than what you wanted to get.  [/quote]

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