It is deeply appreciated whenever a parent and/or parent group would like to recognize a teacher for his or her efforts, however, school district policy (see below) must be followed when organizing group gifts and/or soliciting contributions for gifts.
Gift giving and contributions must always be optional. Room parents are responsible for ensuring that group gifts to teachers/aides are appropriate and that there is no specific contribution amount specified (ie families should be able to donate whatever amount seems right to them). All group gifts to teachers / aides must have all children's names on the card, even though participation is optional.
See Telephoning / Use of Class Gifts for more information on communicating with parents about group gifts.
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District 102 Policy 5270 - Limitations on Accepting Gifts
Please click this link for the current policy limitations on gifts to staff.