My daughters school has the worst communication ever. They've bought some voice calling system. They record messages and then the machine calls your house. Few problems -

1. My machine tends to cut off half or more of the messages.
2. If the munchkin answers the phone she listens to half the message before handing me the phone.
3. If I'm doing something else and the phone rings I'm not immediately ready to receive information.

So I must not have been the only parent with this problem and now they email you a copy of the voice recording as well. Why they can't type out the message is beyond me. So at least I actually get them.

Now here's what made me nuts yesterday. There is a mention in a note from her teacher that Back to School night is Thursday, but no time. So I finally call the school yesterday morning. Phone rings and rings then goes to a voice mail box that isn't activated. OK. Call again and get a person. She tells me the time and I mention that the event is tomorrow and we haven't received any information yet. I get a snippy "we're sending a call out today". Whatever. Just nice to have some notice especially as you aren't supposed to bring the kiddies, parents only. So you do have to make arrangements.

Lastly the schools website has some limited information, all badly formatted. The PTA section hasn't been updated for over two years. They quit newsletters home on a regular basis three years ago. It's frustrating especially if you work and aren't in/around the school daily. You have no idea what's going on.

Oh and I did say, more than once, that I'd be happy to help update the website to the PTA people but they tell me so and so is doing it. Ummm apparently not.

I know we've discussed this, but I really think our kids go to the same school.
Lets gang up on the PTA president.
Obviously whomever is updating the web site doesnt know how to UPLOAD.

Done.

I did the yearbook the last two years mistakenly thinking it might help me be more in the loop, no dice.

Definatley the same school.
I swear the PTA is a huge clique, and its DANG hard to get into.
And I'm going on year FOUR now ladies.... its not like I dont work every damn event. And get there before half of y'all!

I'm on year 6 and yea, same thing. Very cliquey. If you work forget it. Most of the meetings etc are during the day. And no one makes any accomodiation for the working parents (it would cut into their "family time").

The yearbook took me at least 80-100 hours to complete, all by myself. Asked for help from everyone and got nada. All I got was a "thank you" from the PTA Pres when she ran into me the last day of school. Not that I was in it for the glory or anything but all the other "projects" got public thank you's in the infrequent newsletter.

And being a single, working parent, um yea might as well wear a scarlett letter. When the munchkin was in 1st grade one of the other girls told her she couldn't come play with her because her mom didn't let her go to peoples houses who are divorced. Nice no?

Wouldn't let her play because you're divorced? Is it contagious?

yes, didnt you know?

We have a parent who doesnt let my son come over to their place to play because they dont want to be responsible if the wrong parent picks my son up.
They actually said that didnt want to be in the middle of a "kidnapping thing". Whatever.

Lovely. People just amuse me sometimes. And if it didn't effect my kid I'd think it was funnier.

Umm, what, are the incapable of asking, "Is dad allowed to pick him up without prior permission?" Twerps.

IMO? They dont want to take the extra two seconds.
If I had ever told anyone he wasnt allowed to pick the kid up.... or if maybe they didnt see Dad at a good majority of school functions... I MIGHT understand.

Whatever... nine out of ten, you're gonna see me at the door.