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[quote=Anonymous]Private school teacher of 17 years here.

Most parent volunteers are well-intentioned and rational.  However, every year there several lunatics.  The lunatics spread gossip about the behavior, etc, of certain children to other parents, and I cannot fathom why they are permitted in classrooms and around children when we all see this happening.  Every year I have at least one parent coming to me to complain that a parent volunteer is gossiping about their child or family, using information they learned at school.  I can't stop it.  Admin won't ban them, no matter what.

They also terrorize certain teachers, and I've seen several promising new teachers' careers and mental health destroyed by the Mean Mom volunteers and their incessant spying and attempts to draw other parents in to their Iago-like schemes.

I hate when a loonie Mean Mom volunteer tries to not-so-subtly milk me for info about other teachers or students.

Again, most parent volunteers are fine, but the bad apples cause so much stress and trouble that I would be thrilled if my school simply banned them all.  It's sad, but there seems to be a certain type of Mean Mom who does this.  [/quote]

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