Do most families join PTA?

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Anonymous wrote:Active and Effective PTAs help bring different ideas and activities to the school and for the kids. It help kids and parents (if they want) to increases socialization. If you think that is important, than join. Many people don't want to be involve because they think it involves alot of participation. Yes and No. If you are anti-social, don't make your child anti-social. Socialization is important.

The majority of crimes are committed by those who are or were (as kids) who lack socialization.

Socialization has nothing to do with PTA's.

Parents should ask to see how the money is being spent, not just the budget and money spent. Ask to see actual receipts.

Trust me, the PTA would rather you not join if you are going to ask to see every receipt!

If you are spending someone else’s money they have a right to see how it is spent. What do you have to hide?

Nothing! Because it’s the PTA. What do you think they’re buying so secretly? You really want to see the itemized receipts for snacks for the Halloween party or the annual fees for the website to stay up? It’s really not that exciting. If you can’t trust that they are honestly their spending money then just don’t join or better yet, run for treasurer and you can see every receipt there is.

In fairness to the PPP, there was a case of that person with the MCCPTA some years ago that embezzled funds. But that was the MCCPTA and not a local school PTA. I would not believe that someone would steal from the local school PTA. You're stealing from your own kid and their friends, what would be the point?

Actually, she was also stealing from the local PTAs: https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/former-mccpta-treasurer-sentenced-to-serve-nine-month-jail-sentence-in-embezzlement-case/

As someone who is a board member, it wouldn't bother me at all if a member wanted to see financial records or receipts. PTAs are membership organizations - all members have the right to see organization documents.