Anonymous wrote:$5.99 a pumpkin pie at Costco. Just buy it from costco and call it a day. It is a lot cheaper and easier.

Are you supposed to bake those? They are always runny.

I always wonder this too. Our PTA does a variety of staff appreciation activities and some are a lot more work and seem questionably effective in making the staff feel appreciated. We have to give store bought pies, which I don’t particularly like, but I don’t mind sending some money so they can cover every teacher. I do really wonder if teachers love this tradition that much. I always have my kids make handmade cards and notes of appreciation that they give with gift certificates and candy since that’s what I would like.

I really hate the event out school does where they try to get parents to bring coffee drinks from Starbucks! It seems like such a hassle and the drinks are almost definitely cold by the time the teachers get them. They are always begging people to help with that one.

If teachers have an appreciation event that they really love I would be interested to hear about that. I feel like some of ours are more performative than actually something teachers like.

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Anonymous wrote:Pies are made with pork lard that some teachers won’t eat. They often contain poisons like soy or vegetable oils also. Please don’t.

LOL. You sound crazy. What do you actually eat?

Regardless, if you don’t like pie, don’t eat it. Plenty of us DO like pie and will happily eat it.

There are a lot of teachers who don’t eat pork. You’d be surprised how many of these pies will get regifted. Most have terrible ingredients, too, as I said before

Then simply make a Graham cracker crust.

Many don’t eat gluten either. The point is that food is a bad idea in general.

I disagree that food is a bad idea. Just as many enjoy it as don't. What I've taken from this conversation, as others have stated, is that choice and variety are important. Some families would rather gift homemade pies, others store bought - which is great because some teachers prefer to receive one over the other as well. I also love the idea of asking for pies or other favorite Thanksgiving treats.

If you are worried about them going to waste, maybe ask for a volunteer to deliver any leftovers to a food bank or shelter? If there are a lot, recalibrate for the next year.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids FCPS middle school asks for donations of pies with the intent of giving a pie to every teacher in the school. DD said the teachers seem excited about it. I buy a $40 pie from our local pie shop. If the teacher does not want the pie, she can bring it to someone else. It is pie season.

A $40 pie is very generous of you. I’m sure it is appreciated

I figure it should be a nice treat! And I know how a lot of people are about home-baked pies or other food.

Anonymous wrote:My kids FCPS middle school asks for donations of pies with the intent of giving a pie to every teacher in the school. DD said the teachers seem excited about it. I buy a $40 pie from our local pie shop. If the teacher does not want the pie, she can bring it to someone else. It is pie season.

A $40 pie is very generous of you. I’m sure it is appreciated

11:29: no thanks. Real food. Are you trying to send that teacher a message that they aren't doing enough counting in class with students?

My kids FCPS middle school asks for donations of pies with the intent of giving a pie to every teacher in the school. DD said the teachers seem excited about it. I buy a $40 pie from our local pie shop. If the teacher does not want the pie, she can bring it to someone else. It is pie season.

I bought my favorite teacher a "Learning Resources: Super Sorting Pie". It's a plastic pie filled with counting mamipulatives shaped like fruit. Suitable for early elementary.

https://www.learningresources.com/item-super-sorting-pie?srsltid=AfmBOoqGSLM32U2rblMve0w6b3akLVIY5w6fUU7Tx4F-kRvYjB-Y8-Hz

I want a fruit basket. A++++++++++

$5.99 a pumpkin pie at Costco. Just buy it from costco and call it a day. It is a lot cheaper and easier.

Anonymous wrote:Aaatgh why did anyone revive my two year old thread?! People gave me lots of crap for asking if anyone actually wanted the pie. I can’t bear to read it but I’m sure I am getting beat up all over again.

The irony is that I am pretty much the only one I know who actually likes pie. Everyone else wants a cheesecake or something.

Anyway we aren’t in that school anymore so this isn’t a live issue for me anymore thankfully!

Thanks for starting it. Much needed discussion. There's a lotta waste. There has to be better ways.

Anonymous wrote:I appreciate the sentiment behind the pie, but I can’t eat them due to allergies and my family dislikes the ones I bring home (usually Safeway or Giant brand). I’d rather have a variety of snacks and drinks to nibble on while at work and after the students are released. At my school, though, pies are a tradition.

And I'll bet a lot of it is trashed at the end of the day.

Yes! I have to bring one to dinner with my daily and my current bank valance is $3.12.

Anonymous wrote:Do all 211 schools hand out pies to school faculty and staff?

It became a fad, but some are doing it well and others are not.

Yes, a Safeway or Giant pie is fine.

25 pies given to 1/4 of the staff is not fine. Cut out slices and deliver them to all teachers, counselors, etc. rather than ignoring 75% of the staff.

Anonymous wrote:Who would not want a pie?

Me. I would not want a homemade pie after witnessing the way a lot of my friends and neighbors in the kitchen, particularly those with pets. Gross.