I am on the school PTA again this year (Elternbeirat), but before our first "official" meeting tomorrow evening, I was wondering if any TTers here have grade school children and are debating fighting the "Schulbuchgeld" that they have introduced this year. Anyone? €20 is probably not worth getting an "Ordnungswiderigkeit" - aka a "mark on my permanent record" but it's still €20 on top of everything else (and my kiddo has never had to pay for a destroyed book - so that arguement about abused books is somewhat lame, especially since if he did, then he would have paid to replace it).
PS - I am also on the Hort PTA and we put out a pretty informative newsletter about general school related topics, if anyone is interested in getting it (in German) let me know and I can have you put on the email list.
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Elternbeirat / PTA members or parents
What are you doing about Schulbuchgeld?
Don't see the big deal. €20 (€40 for some) is diddly squat in the big education picture, is not paid by low earners, nor from the third child. No worse than €50 for a school outing or some such...
Of course you could avoid it by buying all the books for your child. Imagine how much that would cost
YL6
Of course you could avoid it by buying all the books for your child. Imagine how much that would cost
YL6
Sorry the low earners are paying it - just not the people on Hartz IV. And I think the parents would shoot the principal if she forced us to send our kids on an outing and forced us to pay 50 for it.
So, YL6 - which school do your kids go to .
So, YL6 - which school do your kids go to .
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What makes you think I have kids?
I want on that mailing list.
QUOTE (DDBug @ Oct 11 2005, 7:44 pm) 
I am on the school PTA again this year (Elternbeirat), but before our first "official" meeting tomorrow evening, I was wondering if any TTers here have grade school children and are debating fighting the "Schulbuchgeld" that they have introduced this year. Anyone? €20 is probably not worth getting an "Ordnungswiderigkeit" - aka a "mark on my permanent record" but it's still €20 on top of everything else (and my kiddo has never had to pay for a destroyed book - so that arguement about abused books is somewhat lame, especially since if he did, then he would have paid to replace it).
PS - I am also on the Hort PTA and we put out a pretty informative newsletter about general school related topics, if anyone is interested in getting it (in German) let me know and I can have you put on the email list.
PS - I am also on the Hort PTA and we put out a pretty informative newsletter about general school related topics, if anyone is interested in getting it (in German) let me know and I can have you put on the email list.
Wau, is it really just this year issue? We've moved last summer from Berlin so I didn't have any idea, that it wasn't always like this. We just paid it, I thought that it belongs to the matter that absolutely everything is more expensive in Munich comparing to Berlin. In Berlin by the way my son got a hot meal in primary school every day for 32 euros a month.
I also would like to on the mailing list. I'll pm you my email.
Well, I found out that just over half of the PTA (Elternbeirat) are boycotting the buchergeld. I will pass on the flyers about this when I have them electronically.
A perfect moment for a German word "Scheisse".
If only I knew that.
Now I feel like a strikebreaker
If only I knew that.
Now I feel like a strikebreaker
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