Bend Me Over

We pay $175 per month for Jack to go to preschool two days per week from 9am to 2pm not to mention the $175 annual supply fee. Today, the director of the preschool had the nerve to send the following email:

Dear Parents,

We have wonderful teachers here at Sunshine Kids and we would like to honor them on May 1, 2, & 3rd. We are asking for a donation of $5 per child to fund all of our planned activities. Jean has done a fabulous job coordinating all of the events! We are planning 10-minute chair massages for all the teachers on Tuesday and Thursday. We are having breakfast on Tuesday, lunch on Wednesday, and sweet treats on Thursday. Thank you to all the parents who have volunteered to help provide food and serve the teachers. We will also give each teacher a goodie bag. If you have anything you would like to contribute to the bags, we have 34 teachers and staff.

Thank you for your support of Sunshine Kids Preschool

I really do appreciate Jack's teachers. They are really great, but they are not volunteers, they do get paid for their work. In all of my years in sales, nobody ever showed me their appreciation by bringing in a masseuse. I am all for showing our appreciation with a token gift directly from Jack. But when the director solicits more money for ‘Teacher Appreciation Week’ that rubs me the wrong way. Not to mention the said breakfast, lunch and sweet treats will be brought in by parents, not costing the school anything! Why can't they take $5 out of the supply fund? Jack has probably only brought home $25 worth of supplies this year. I am pretty certain he isn't going to be bringing home $150 in projects between now and the middle of May. Am I out of line?