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I'm sorry, but I just can't even fathom a school having teacher gift requirements for room parents to fulfill, either from donations or making up the difference themselves.  The whole idea is so crazy to me.  If the school wants teacher gifts, then the PTA should run some fundraiser events for that purpose.  There shouldn't be any obligation for one parent to pester other parents for gift money.

Are all of the schools that do this in wealthier areas?  I otherwise find required gifts in public schools difficult to believe.  [/quote]

It's not a requirement.  It's customary at my kid's public school.  Just like a class Halloween party isn't a requirement, but it's customary.  Your school's practices are clearly different.[/quote]

An earlier PP felt that it was expected for the class to give $150 gift cards for each of X-mas, teacher appreciation week, and the end of the year + another $50 for the teacher's birthday.  Maybe I'm living on the wrong side of the train tracks here, but it's really weird to me to have so many gifts be 'customary' for room parents to provide.  That PP expected $40 per kid for everything.  If a school's customs require a room mom budget of $40 * 25 = $1000, then those customs seem quite excessive to me.  [/quote]

Well, I posted upthread about how the requested gift for the full year at my kid's fairly wealthy public school is 10$.  So again, these customs are heterogeneous across schools, but in my school these group gifts are customary.  I actually think they're nice, because then the teacher gets something from all the kids, irrespective of parental involvement or ability to donate.[/quote]

+1  As room parent, I try to come by during lunch or at drop off and have every kid sign the card with the group gift card.  So it looks like it's truly from everyone.[/quote]

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