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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here. Two parties $200. And you still have $200 left over if you collected $20 at the beginning of the year from 20 kids. I would think atleast 10 kids would have given $20 making 2 parties possible. Any remaining amount can be given to the one teacher (in my DC's class, there is only one teacher). If all kids paid the $20, you have $400 - $200 for the teacher and $200 for the 2 parties. Or $100 for the teacher and $300 for 3 parties. I would think most parents give their own gifts anyway in addition to the class gift (at least we do). How else do we show appreciation for all their hard work.

I think the moms complaining about not enough money for the parties must be from affluent schools.[/quote]

We don't give an individual gift. I don't know what my childs teacher likes or doesn't like. The Room Mom collects money for a group gift so we donate to that. The teacher ends up with a larger gift card and something smaller that the Room Mom, who works with the teacher, knows that she will like. And It doesn't feel to me like I am tipping my sons teacher.

The Daycare/Preschool we went to did not allow individual gifts, outside of a card, and required any gift be a group gift because they did not want there to be an impression that some kids were treated better because the parents gave a gift or bigger gift. While my sons Public School does not say the same thing, I feel like the same principle applies. I don't need for the teacher to know what I contributed, or even if I contributed. I am happy that she receives a nice gift from the class.

She sees me volunteering in class when she asks for help and I can be there. I support her by making sure my son does his work and communicating with her when there has been a problem in the classroom (one time, he froze on finishing something and we finished it at home).

As with all things, this works for me. I have no clue if teachers would prefer individual gifts or group gifts or no gifts. [/quote]

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