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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That is nuts. If I were a teacher, I's be talking with head of my division or HoS. [/quote]

As long as you’d be good with the parents reacting this way every time the PTA shook them down foe more than their tuition to fund a teacher breakfast or holiday gift. One reciprocal gesture from teachers to graduating seniors isn’t insane.[/quote]

The PTA is an organization of parents.  If they are shaking down each other for something teachers did not ask for that’s not on the teachers.  
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Actually the “T” stands for teachers who are members of the PTA.  They’re soliciting charitable donations from their students to themselves. Whenever someone points out that its gross people say to just ignore the PTA emails. [b]Teachers should follow that advice here if they really don’t want to do this.[/b][/quote]

When you are a teacher at a private school, you can't just opt out of things you don't like, even if they technically aren't part of your job description.  We aren't unionized, and "fit" of a teacher is very important at a school.  "Fit" is a vague and hazy category with a definition that shifts and changes in the way admin choose to apply it.  If there is an event and you are encouraged to participate, you "have" to do it, and you do it with a smile.[/quote]

And parents may also struggle to say no to harassing emails and texts demanding donations for teacher gifts. Get rid of the gifts for teachers, have PTA focus on field trips and enrichment, and then no one will think asking teachers to fund a breakfast for seniors is ok.

My private HS had teachers serve seniors breakfast once our AP scores came in. It was a nice tradition. Teachers did not pay for it though.[/quote]

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