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Anonymous wrote:BCC High School does this, or at least they used to, when my kids were there. I brought a few store-bought pies in, with some skepticism, but I saw the teachers and staff lining up and checking out all the offerings,and they seemed pretty enthusiastic. It’s just a fun, festive little thing, not that deep. From what I understand, all the pies get claimed.

I wouldn’t go to the trouble to make a pie, because I think a lot of people are uncomfortable eating homemade food when they have no idea who it came from. Store-bought pies are cheap and seem to be perfectly welcome.

This. Our ES does this and no pie is wasted.

Not sure why some people on here are so miserable that they need to be so rude about an idea that is obviously well-intentioned.

Participate or don’t, but back off with the meanness.

It's not mean; it's reality.
We are parents with jobs in this crazy COLA and inflation and our employers want to satisfy us with pizza parties, which is insulting. This is the same. I donate to the PTA and to teachers directly and I would rather give $10 gift cards to Amazon than bake or buy pies.

Ok, well, it’s not actually about what *you* would rather do. If the PTA organizes a pie day, bring a pie, or don’t bring a pie…but it’s really weird to parachute into the PTA’s organized pie day with a random gift card if gift cards were not requested, just because you decided that’s what you’d rather do. Just don’t participate in a pie day if it bothers you so much. When/if there’s a call for gift cards, do that. It’s fine. Don’t be angry.

Ok, well, keep alienating teachers and parents with things that nobody wants. Just tally up the teacher input on here. We're right. Sorry you missed your mark. Better luck next year, if anyone is even participating. *cue - nobody is supporting the PTA

Again, you sound super angry. I don’t know why you think you know what *nobody* wants. I don’t claim to speak for what *everybody* wants; I am speaking only for my own experience ay my kids’ school, BCC, where giving out pies was a popular, happy tradition before Thanksgiving, as I have already recounted. We also gave gift cards less than a month later, at winter break. The PTA was well supported during our time at BCC, with parents enthusiastically bringing in probably a couple hundred pies, and the teachers and staff having fun selecting them, and ALSO doing gift cards the next month. I saw it with my own eyes. Then again, my last kid graduated in 2021. Maybe it’s all gone upside down, and now everyone’s walking around as sour as you. But I doubt it.

Pecan, please!

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Anonymous wrote:BCC High School does this, or at least they used to, when my kids were there. I brought a few store-bought pies in, with some skepticism, but I saw the teachers and staff lining up and checking out all the offerings,and they seemed pretty enthusiastic. It’s just a fun, festive little thing, not that deep. From what I understand, all the pies get claimed.

I wouldn’t go to the trouble to make a pie, because I think a lot of people are uncomfortable eating homemade food when they have no idea who it came from. Store-bought pies are cheap and seem to be perfectly welcome.

This. Our ES does this and no pie is wasted.

Not sure why some people on here are so miserable that they need to be so rude about an idea that is obviously well-intentioned.

Participate or don’t, but back off with the meanness.

It's not mean; it's reality.
We are parents with jobs in this crazy COLA and inflation and our employers want to satisfy us with pizza parties, which is insulting. This is the same. I donate to the PTA and to teachers directly and I would rather give $10 gift cards to Amazon than bake or buy pies.

Ok, well, it’s not actually about what *you* would rather do. If the PTA organizes a pie day, bring a pie, or don’t bring a pie…but it’s really weird to parachute into the PTA’s organized pie day with a random gift card if gift cards were not requested, just because you decided that’s what you’d rather do. Just don’t participate in a pie day if it bothers you so much. When/if there’s a call for gift cards, do that. It’s fine. Don’t be angry.

Ok, well, keep alienating teachers and parents with things that nobody wants. Just tally up the teacher input on here. We're right. Sorry you missed your mark. Better luck next year, if anyone is even participating. *cue - nobody is supporting the PTA

Another former Westbrook teacher who loved pie day Teachers who had been there for a long time looked forward to specific pies baked by families…I think there was a cookie pie that was always in demand. It was a nice way to show appreciation during the holiday season.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BCC High School does this, or at least they used to, when my kids were there. I brought a few store-bought pies in, with some skepticism, but I saw the teachers and staff lining up and checking out all the offerings,and they seemed pretty enthusiastic. It’s just a fun, festive little thing, not that deep. From what I understand, all the pies get claimed.

I wouldn’t go to the trouble to make a pie, because I think a lot of people are uncomfortable eating homemade food when they have no idea who it came from. Store-bought pies are cheap and seem to be perfectly welcome.

This. Our ES does this and no pie is wasted.

Not sure why some people on here are so miserable that they need to be so rude about an idea that is obviously well-intentioned.

Participate or don’t, but back off with the meanness.

It's not mean; it's reality.
We are parents with jobs in this crazy COLA and inflation and our employers want to satisfy us with pizza parties, which is insulting. This is the same. I donate to the PTA and to teachers directly and I would rather give $10 gift cards to Amazon than bake or buy pies.

Ok, well, it’s not actually about what *you* would rather do. If the PTA organizes a pie day, bring a pie, or don’t bring a pie…but it’s really weird to parachute into the PTA’s organized pie day with a random gift card if gift cards were not requested, just because you decided that’s what you’d rather do. Just don’t participate in a pie day if it bothers you so much. When/if there’s a call for gift cards, do that. It’s fine. Don’t be angry.

I’m a teacher and I would definitely take a pie and think it was v nice. But I’d definitely be just as pleased, or even more, w aan Amazon or target gift card.

Teacher here. I think it is a cute idea. Thank you 😊

Anonymous wrote:Okay—thanks for the input! I am surprised people like this so much. Happy to do something that makes our great teachers happy.
I personally am a pie baker and think store bought pies are mostly gross but it seems that’s the preference here so I will do that.

NP teacher here. I also think a pie raffle is fun, but agree that I wouldn’t eat anything homemade. Too uncertain about its preparation. I also agree that most store bought pies are gross. But you can buy pretty nice pies from bakeries or country stores. I get mine from Butler’s Orchard. I’d be pretty happy to see a nicer pie like that because I would know that someone put some thought into the gift.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BCC High School does this, or at least they used to, when my kids were there. I brought a few store-bought pies in, with some skepticism, but I saw the teachers and staff lining up and checking out all the offerings,and they seemed pretty enthusiastic. It’s just a fun, festive little thing, not that deep. From what I understand, all the pies get claimed.

I wouldn’t go to the trouble to make a pie, because I think a lot of people are uncomfortable eating homemade food when they have no idea who it came from. Store-bought pies are cheap and seem to be perfectly welcome.

This. Our ES does this and no pie is wasted.

Not sure why some people on here are so miserable that they need to be so rude about an idea that is obviously well-intentioned.

Participate or don’t, but back off with the meanness.

It's not mean; it's reality.
We are parents with jobs in this crazy COLA and inflation and our employers want to satisfy us with pizza parties, which is insulting. This is the same. I donate to the PTA and to teachers directly and I would rather give $10 gift cards to Amazon than bake or buy pies.

I think the teachers like it, but the kids love it. Our school does a pie bingo and you can hear the cheers throughout the building when their teacher wins.

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here as well....

It is nice to be remembered. The action does not need to be huge. Just being remembered is great. I had a student once who asked what I wanted as a gift. I said that having a thank you note written from my students is great, even joked and said it could be on a piece of paper ripped out of a notebook with a raggedy edge.

The next week, in my main office mailbox, was a scraggly piece of ripped off notebook paper with the nicest thank you message.

I still have that note.

Aw the best! I save pretty much every single note from my students (middle school). I even had a student write me a note to only “open when I’m feeling down” Those notes are so amazing and wonderful to me. I cherish those the most!

Okay—thanks for the input! I am surprised people like this so much. Happy to do something that makes our great teachers happy.
I personally am a pie baker and think store bought pies are mostly gross but it seems that’s the preference here so I will do that.

I used to be at a school that did this (Westbrook) and loved it. It was fun and festive and we felt appreciated. I now work at a school with only a few members of the PTA and they don’t have the support to do anything fun like this.

Teacher here as well....

It is nice to be remembered. The action does not need to be huge. Just being remembered is great. I had a student once who asked what I wanted as a gift. I said that having a thank you note written from my students is great, even joked and said it could be on a piece of paper ripped out of a notebook with a raggedy edge.

The next week, in my main office mailbox, was a scraggly piece of ripped off notebook paper with the nicest thank you message.

I still have that note.

Teacher here. I'd miss the pie tradition. I do tend to choose a store bought one, and I'm not a pie person, but I don't bake much, and my own kids love it when I bring home a surprise treat. Also, it feels good to have others take care of you in even small ways. It's a gesture of appreciation. Who doesn't like feeling appreciated?