-> I am also very disgusted with the amount of commercialism in the
-> school - tho I solved that problem this past year by sending a note
-> to each of the children's teachers (with a CC: to the PTA President
-> and the school principal) that I didn't want any notes coming home
-> that did not deal directly with classroom, school, or school
-> district. (No notes about commercial soccer clubs, no "free" coupons
-> for things which are not really free. I got a very supportive phone
-> call from the PTA president in return.)
I am certainly against commercialism in the school, and don't seem to
see the same thing you are seeing (i.e. promotional materials being sent
home). I do see a great potential, though, for the school to inform
about certain types of community activities, such as brownie troops or
the local AYSO soccer tryouts or other things like that which I might
otherwise have been unaware of. I am glad that our children's school
does send home flyers about the local community Rec program and
aforementioned items, etc...
Sheila
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