They've strategically adopted this as one of their official activities. They have a plan and process for how it works. I imagine they come across a grey area now and then, but who doesn't?
It's the exceptions and one-off deals that can end up making you regret ever doing something and firmly believing in the old adage, "no good deed goes unpunished".
We have a sunshine person for an officer. Whenever one of the children goes out for surgery or theres a death in the immediate family we send a care package. Books,small games etc nothing over $10.00. This is set in the budget and our school secretary sends out a list to the sunshine person.
If you don't have it set up I would do it that way so all students are covered, but I wouldn't do it for one specific child and no one else.
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<br>"People have the right to be stupid, but some abuse the privelege."
I also agree. Whenever you make a decision like that you have to think, " can we do this for all 500 students?". If that answer is no, then the answer should be no as well. I think the Co-Pres, as a parent, could contact other parents in the same class, and perhaps as parents, send a gift...
I agree. Do something personally if you wish but don't portray it as a PTO action. You're starting a difficult chain of events. If you do it for one, you should do it for all...
Where do you draw the line? This child has surgery? What about the one who breaks a leg or loses a parent? It just spirals to the point where sometime the PTO will miss someone and feelings will be hurt.
Then again - you'll face cricism that spending PT funds on a single child - rather than benefiting all or a group - doesn't fullfill the PTO mission.
quick response before I go to school for Halloween...NO! You are opening up a HUGE can of worms. If this is a members child you could do something as a group of parents but keep the pto out of it!
"When you stop learning you stop growing."
Any thoughts on the PTO sending a gift to a child in the school who had surgery? Our Co-President recently requested that a gift be sent to a classmate in his child's class from the PTO.
