Originally Posted by geofizz
Wow. We send in $25 to the room moms for the whole year.

Here it's $20 for the year, split between holiday gift and end-of-year gift.

Originally Posted by geofizz
Just remember that everyone forgets the specials teachers and intervention specialists. My kids spent the long weekend making them cards and I got small gift cards for the intervention specialists.

That's where the rub is. If you have kids who make extra demands on the school, you end up thanking a lot more people. I do end up spending *significantly* on gifts for special ed teachers (as well as small gift cards for school OT, PT, etc. etc.) It does run into money. But I need these people to feel invested in.

And I do get steamed that special ed teachers never get the district teaching award; they are some of the best teachers in our district, and you have to thank them somehow.

DeeDee