That is what I was thinking. I work, DH works. We run around after school to get our children to other activities. What happens if you do not have time? Are they going to kick your child out of the school?Nachobizness wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:29 am Mandatory volunteer hours? What happens if you don't do it? How old is your kid? That's wild this is even a thing.
Wish me luck-I will need it. Have to go to PTA meeting at the yuppie school
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The shit you have to do for your kids lol I hate having to attend those things with stuck up moms who try to one up everyone and are fake af. Good luck
RedBottoms wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:31 amI know right?! Its a "magnet" school and so your choose to send your kid there and part of that is they require 18 mandatory volunteer hours for every kid you have there. Don't do them-get kicked out.Nachobizness wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:29 am Mandatory volunteer hours? What happens if you don't do it? How old is your kid? That's wild this is even a thing.
They are not too hard to get them all. I finished this year's back in september. I am going to try to get all mine done early again this year thus why I want to start right away.
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I can understand why the moms are a bit full of themselves. They're volunteering their time while others are staying home watching Lindsay Lohan. I mean I'm working and that's my excuse lol. I do volunteer but not at the school. I've never done a thing with the PTA. Scouting yes, that's more convenient for me. Just go in, do your job, move on. Most of my friends don't have kids for some reason. It's either my age or my attitude. I'm not sure.
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One of my friends from the co-op has to have volunteer hours at the school her kids attend on Tuesdays. It is a hybrid school for homeschoolers. She has 3 kids that take numerous classes and she has to have so many hours per kid per class they attend. In order to get around it, as she has a hard time getting all of the required hours in she is going to start teaching there in the fall. She told me that she loves volunteering there, but the amount of hours is hard since it is only one day a week.
Nachobizness wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:29 am Mandatory volunteer hours? What happens if you don't do it? How old is your kid? That's wild this is even a thing.
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yes. At least in theory. You sign a contract when applying agreeing to do the hours and when accepting admission agreeing to do the hours. But there are 100000000 ways to do them. You can donate supplies or items up to 1/3 of the hours. Just turn in the receipt. You can come on parent work days on Saturdays. You can do something like tear tickets or usher a show in the evenings. You can do things like bake cupcakes and bring them in for a bake sale.highlandmum wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:34 amThat is what I was thinking. I work, DH works. We run around after school to get our children to other activities. What happens if you do not have time? Are they going to kick your child out of the school?Nachobizness wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:29 am Mandatory volunteer hours? What happens if you don't do it? How old is your kid? That's wild this is even a thing.
So they give you a lot of chances to get them that even working parents should be able to manage it
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We have a local charter school that requires mandatory volunteer hours for parents. Every family is required to put in 20 hours per school year. Their website states that any unfulfilled hours will be billed at $10.00 per hour at the end of the school year. Seems crazy to me!Nachobizness wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:29 am Mandatory volunteer hours? What happens if you don't do it? How old is your kid? That's wild this is even a thing.
I purposely avoided sending my kid to classes at a certain place for homeschooling classes when we were HSing because they required "volunteer hours" so many hours a week. Thanks, but no thanks. One of the bonuses of HSing is avoiding that crap at PS. I'm not going to pay for classes and do that!