Watch Dogs
I forgot to post this story from last week, about a local school starting up a chapter of Watch DOGS (Dads Of Great Students), a national volunteer program that aims to get more positive male role models into public schools.
My son's elementary school doesn't have this program, probably because its regular parent organization is unusually strong. Lots of moms and dads volunteering their time. Too many, in fact. One day, when I picked up my son, he showed me a notice about an upcoming field trip. At the bottom of the page, in small print, it read There is only room on the bus for three parent volunteers per classroom. So, I did a 180 and jogged back into the school and down the hallway to catch the teacher before she left. I signed my name, paid the cash, and made sure I was one of the three (thus making a whole bunch of moms really mad, I'm sure).
As we walked to the car, my son said, "I'm glad you get to volunteer, because I really like you being at my school." That's the only approval I need, right there.
My son's elementary school doesn't have this program, probably because its regular parent organization is unusually strong. Lots of moms and dads volunteering their time. Too many, in fact. One day, when I picked up my son, he showed me a notice about an upcoming field trip. At the bottom of the page, in small print, it read There is only room on the bus for three parent volunteers per classroom. So, I did a 180 and jogged back into the school and down the hallway to catch the teacher before she left. I signed my name, paid the cash, and made sure I was one of the three (thus making a whole bunch of moms really mad, I'm sure).
As we walked to the car, my son said, "I'm glad you get to volunteer, because I really like you being at my school." That's the only approval I need, right there.
Permalink posted by Idaho Dad at 8:51 PM
4 Comments:
That's awesome.
Yeah man.....
Stick it to those moms.
In the twins' classroom last year, the PTO moms, who knew about the field trips in advance signed up, leaving the rest of us without a chance. I was rather vocal about it, so the teacher let parents follow the bus in their cars and attend. Nearly half of the parents would attend every field trip. Very cool...
it's absolutely great volunteering in our kids' school isn't it.
In our district parents can't ride the buses, so as many parents can come on field trips as want to, since they have to drive anyway. Sometimes we'd carpool to the field trip site. I think that's a good way to deal with this kind of situation.
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