Does your kids school expect too much out of you financially?

I agree with you that school fundraisers have gotten out of hand. The thing to remember is that they are OPTIONAL, even if they school makes you feel they aren't/ I wouldn't mind supporting school fundraisers, but a lot of it is for foods we simply don't indulge in and that I don't thik are healthy. It irritates me when they make kids feel bad and pressure them to get parents to participate. Out PTO even went so far to send out a couple of letters to parents giving an "opt out" option to pay a flat fee to support the school. They made it sound mandatory. I vented quite a bit that day, let me tell you. Why waste school dollars on the paper and photocopies for that and then make parents think they have to pay $40/kid a school year. Pictures are another public school pet peeve of mine. It use to be yearly, not they do it every season! It's ridiculous. Schools is suppose to be about education.

LOL Having the same problem here. The county we live in is poor, so I'm guessing not much is going to the school system, that's why I figure they're doing so many fundraisers. But, from what I'm seeing/hearing it is a good school system. Anyway, yeah it seems every few days there's a fund raiser for this, and buy this to help the school, there's a field trip send in 12.00. I'm in the same boat, I love to help, but right now financially can't afford very much. So I do the field trips and the other stuff, well sorry can't help myself can't help you lol. No, you're not a bad parent. Our elementary school also does a lot of those-save your can tops, bring in soup labels, or the box tops. I do those whenever I can, so it balances out lol.