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[quote=Anonymous]I've found there are some of the parents who don't give who seriously just don't notice or remember - the extra reminders (things like the paper with envelop to those families via folders or BCC email reminder can help).  Others like some of the posters above get upset about what the money is spent on (types of food, don't like the teacher gifts (and or at our school I didn't realize the first year that so many parents do individual gifts on top of the class gift, so it feels like you're giving a lot), or think the amount is excessive, etc.  There was a mini-revolt in one of our kid's classes this year, where some folks who hadn't been typical room parents in the past & they made an issue about asking families for a lot less and explained where all the money goes to & set up something about being able to give input into the class gifts, etc. (Families in the 'range rover' category - who just didn't like how frivolously it seemed the funds were treated and also were sensitive to the equity concerns of asking for 'too much'). I had just looked at it like something that had just become normative - but clearly some of these issues are a concern to some.[/quote]

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