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Volunteering = Perks?

Interested and heated discussion on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution site. The crux: should heavily-involved parents get (or expect) occasional school benefits in exchange for their volunteering?

by Tim Sullivan

02/07/2016

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The core example is teacher selections -- should heavily involved parents get to influence the teachers their kids get?

My take: Expect? No way. That's a real quick way (once it comes out, and it *will* come out) to cement an insider/clique reputation that so many parents want to believe in the first place. A real involvement killer.

But there are certainly benefits that come naturally to those that get heavily connected to school. Things like knowing the best teachers and perhaps teachers taking extra interest in your child and getting to know so many other families at school. And I think that's perfectly OK.

Would love your take. Should you get bennys for your volunteer leadership?

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