Dyspraxic Mumsnetter looking for advice here.
DC goes to a two-form entry school, where two parents take on the role of class reps for two years. The two current reps are due to stand down and are looking for their own replacements. Nobody seemed to step up. Some parents have been reps already or are reps of sibling year groups. Other parents are working full time. I have the time, and have some understanding of the role already, which involves some admin and liaising with school staff. No difficulties for me with that, so I felt happy to volunteer for this aspect of the role.
There is also a social side to it in that the parents organise a parents night out once a term. For so many reasons that many who are ND will identify with, I just can't take on this part of the role. I never go along to the evening events myself and even just attending would send me into a very negative spiral afterwards. I might add that many of the other parents who have never volunteered enjoy the parents night out and attend many of them.
I told the outgoing reps that I couldn't take on the evening socials and they said, no problem, there is another parent who would be a good match and would happily do the social side.
However, when I spoke to the 'other' parent, she seemed to be slightly freaked out by having to organise the social side by herself, and the whole thing now seems to be sliding into 'you'll need to split the role evenly between you'.
I don't want to be negative. Is there a way I can express 'positively' that I just will not be taking on that part of the role?