In article , animzmirot wrote:
Folks, when someone puts X-no-archive: Yes at the top of their posts, they
are asking you to please NOT copy their post when you respond because they
do not want their posts archived on Google.

Ahh, but in many newsreaders, including the one I use, most of the
header fields are not shown. If someone wants not to be quoted, they
should make that explicit in the message. If they *really* want not
to be quoted, they should not post to a newsgroup.

Now, on to my response. I volunteer at our local elementary school library
once every other week and none of my kids attended this school or will be
attending it. I also volunteer with a much older friend whose kids didn't go
there and whose grandkids didn't attend there. We've never had any issue
from the parents or the school staff about not being part of the school
family.

My kids attend middle school and there aren't any opportunities for parents
to volunteer there. Since I don't work on Fridays, it seems to me that I had
time to give to an elementary school and I asked if I could help out.
They're happy to have me (and all the other volunteers) and I don't think
they'd even care if I had an ulterior motive. They need the help.

I'm surprised that there are no parent volunteer opportunities at the
middle school. I know that a lot of parents stop volunteering as
their kids get older, so the schools don't expect as much
volunteering, but there are nearly always opportunities for volunteers.

Still, if you want to volunteer at an elementary school, there is
certainly nothing wrong with doing that! And I agree that most
schools have plenty of need for more adult help as they are usually
underfunded for the task they are supposed to do.

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