I'm a little upset at the vote that passed at our PTO meeting tonight. It was decided that a little over $3,000 will be spent purchasing $25 gift cards to the local grocery store here for our teachers and staff for Christmas. This will leave less than $1,500 in our account for the remainder of the school year. We're a relatively large school with a very small PTO budget. (Our carnvial only made about $2500 last year). Is this a normal thing, for the PTO to spend such an outlandish amount of money on Christmas gifts for the teachers and staff?

We also comitted to paying for a luncheon the day before school gets out for Christmas break and helping to pay for the teacher's Christmas party.:confused: