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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please don't kill me, I'm learning the ropes here!

New Kindergarten room parent in a wealthy district (probably matters for this discussion).  School "recommends" parents commit $25 to class fund for parties and teacher gifts.  Sent an email (friendly) with a deadline (before party supplies had to be bought for first party) and one reminder - $ request was in the same email as Halloween details etc, so it wasn't a "GIVE ME YOUR MONEY!" email.

7 out of 21 families haven't given anything.  I know a bunch of these families and there's no way this is a financial issue for the majority.  If I have to cover the teacher gift I will, but at what point do you just say eff it and stop asking?  I don't want to harass people, but it's also like, come on now!

Thanks for any thoughts.[/quote]

$25 seems like a lot to ask for all at once.    When I was the room parent, I ended up asking for $5 per child for the valentine day party and end of year party.  Some donated more. I did mention in my email that if they did not want to contribute money to let me know and I would send them a list of stuff they could provide.  I had about 90% participation.  That was enough to buy some crafts, food, etc.  To help keep costs down,  I made the cupcakes and cookies for the parties.  But was still able to buy a small fruit tray, veggie tray, juice, and chips.

For a teacher gift for the winter holiday and end of year,  I sent a separate email asking if people wanted to contribute to a group gift card for the teacher.   Completely voluntary and any amount was fine.  Not everyone participated.  [/quote]

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