Passive aggressive PTA leaders

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would hope that people would want to volunteer because they want to help their child's school not because they're worried making friends with the other volunteers or mean girl behavior

Like if you went to a soup kitchen or food pantry and volunteered would you expect that every other volunteer s going to be your best friend and talk to you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Happy to be at a school with a great PTA that is accepting of WOHMs with little time but lots of money to donate.

Me too! Our school has so many SAHMs with money and time just coming out of their ears and the PTA loves it! Not like those stressed-out WOHM-martyrs who can't clear 15 mins in their schedule to spend time helping their kid's school but you can see from their waistlines that they have plenty of time for eating!

I’m sorry you’re so insecure and never matured beyond middle school. Must be hard.

(and no, I’m not fat, so don’t bother with your predictable 7th grade retort)

[Anonymous]

I’ve been on a PTA board and what I found was that the president often lacks reading comprehension skills and fails to read the bylaws, goes on a power trip and rules like a queen. The general membership also fails to read the bylaws and votes by emotion. I tried to get another school to avoid switching from a PTO to a PTA but they didn’t listen because again, ignorance and mob rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been on a PTA board and what I found was that the president often lacks reading comprehension skills and fails to read the bylaws, goes on a power trip and rules like a queen. The general membership also fails to read the bylaws and votes by emotion. I tried to get another school to avoid switching from a PTO to a PTA but they didn’t listen because again, ignorance and mob rule.

I'd say you must have been at my school, but we have a PTO, and it was the same. Worse, actually, because the president and her besties actually wrote their own bylaws when they didn't like the old ones. You know, so many *rules*......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our former PTA president physically threatened me in an email. I really wanted to get a TRO/PRO but my husband talked me out of it since it would just mean there'd be a bounty out on my head.

That's why we went private.

If you think that there are no mean girl moms or cliques private school I think you're going to be in for a rude awakening

I am the other PP that said they went to private.

I don't make the same mistake twice - if the PTA ladies there are mean, I'll never know it, because I don't volunteer for a damn thing. Ever. I didn't even join.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been on a PTA board and what I found was that the president often lacks reading comprehension skills and fails to read the bylaws, goes on a power trip and rules like a queen. The general membership also fails to read the bylaws and votes by emotion. I tried to get another school to avoid switching from a PTO to a PTA but they didn’t listen because again, ignorance and mob rule.

This describes our PTO completely. However, the membership didn't vote at all. They didn't even attend meetings. That's one reason the president and her friends were able to get away with everything they got away with.