We like teachers--we ARE teachers!
But like any other parents, we're frustrated with the supplies and fundraisers issues.
AXO Mom, the picture issue is getting bad here too. Not only are there suddenly 2 rounds of picture taking here now, but some years the companies require that you pay before your kids' pictures are even taken. They claim you can get a refund if you don't like the pictures but trying to get one is a real headache. And we know that half of all children have their eyes shut in their pictures!
Another school scam: one magazine that gives the teachers prizes if you'll either subscribe to them or fill out an info sheet on yourself if you don't subscribe. Then they send you junk mail for years. The prizes must be fantastic because we even though we caught onto that business and quit filling out the forms, we still get their junk mail and we think the teachers have been filling them out for us.