3Boys:

I suppose if you feel that you are being unfairly treated, you ought to raise your concerns with the HOD or principal. It may just be a misunderstanding, and sometimes its just not possible to be completely equitable. On the other hand, its also worth reminding the staff that if they have accepted you as PV, they have an obligation to provide you opportunities to complete your 40 hours.

well, my issue is the acceptable PV hours = 60, not 40! this is their regulation.

the real problem is that the PV Comm was recently switched, thus led to this unhappy events. I could not even talk to anyone who really cares now. and there's no comunications to all PV for the switch at all!!!

worse, the new principal will only come on board next year.

my dilema is:
- will the new principal care' bout this PV issues...
- will the school staff really take serious corrective actions to these...
- will the 'new' PV Comm 'blacklist' me since I become whistleblower / loudhailer to their plots

if I have time, I'd try to be 1 of their 'kakis'.....but I've got to work.....sigh.

I'm only left with till June 2010 . . . . to complete the rest of >40hrs & this . . . . .

3Boys:

Ask the comm for a clear transparent set of criteria for allocating PV hours, and then hold them to it. Do you have clear evidence of misdemeanour?

well, I have questioned the comm several times. they claims to be 1st-come-1st-serve basis, i.e. by fair, all PV will receive smses and those reply 1st will get it.

but i found out that we only keep receiving those 0.5 to 2 hours assignments only. those long hours asignments were only communicated & asigned to their 'kakis'.

there was a few occassions that I bumped into some parents coming for their PVs after I have completed mine. I realized that theirs were long hours ones (whereas mine was only 0.5 to 1 hours). Worst, I also found out that there are different version of smses sent for the same day PV assignments.

\"I will come back to you when I confirmed with the person-in-charge\" this has always been the replies when I complained to them.

What can/should I do next?

Is it good/useful to 'blow this up' with the principal?

Appreciate your advice.

//Moderator's note: Topics merged.


Dear Lovely Parents,

You are lovely parents, trying your best to get your kids into good schools by doing parent volunteers.
You take leave from works for every 1-2 hours assignment given to you by the school's PV commitee members, assuring you that every PVs are fairly informed of the assignments.

However, you found out that the commitee is actually b-------tting you with obvious ambiguity in giving assignments, i.e. they award/inform those long hours events to their own kakis. This means that you run into a risk of not obtaining the required hours to fulfill your duty while others come late & yet clocked the hours needed - just b'cos they are kakis to the PV commitee.

What would/can you do . . . your value advice needed....?