It's that time of year again. I know many public schools have limits on how much to gift to teachers for the holidays, but any parents of kids in expensive private elementary schools on this forum?
I feel bad that the teacher (who is amazing) works very long days and earns $40k/year in a VHCOL area without the lifetime pension/healthcare of a public school system, as she helps load and unload kids from a parade of cars worth 4x her salary. She is so loving and patient with the children, and she cheerfully answers questions via text/email 24/7/365, buys her own supplies, spends her time at home prepping for class projects, etc. I feel she is underpaid, but obviously I have zero control over that.
Do you think there's an upper limit to what's appropriate? $250? $500? $1000? more?
Note: It's still pass/fail at this grade level, so there's no concern for "buying" grades.
I feel bad that the teacher (who is amazing) works very long days and earns $40k/year in a VHCOL area without the lifetime pension/healthcare of a public school system, as she helps load and unload kids from a parade of cars worth 4x her salary. She is so loving and patient with the children, and she cheerfully answers questions via text/email 24/7/365, buys her own supplies, spends her time at home prepping for class projects, etc. I feel she is underpaid, but obviously I have zero control over that.
Do you think there's an upper limit to what's appropriate? $250? $500? $1000? more?
Note: It's still pass/fail at this grade level, so there's no concern for "buying" grades.
Statistics: Posted by happyjuice8000 — Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:05 am — Replies 5 — Views 228