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[quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of people who become PTA president become overwhelmed by the logistics of the job and it diminishes their soft skills (which might not have been very developed to begin with).

I am one of those over-eager Kinder moms this year, and I wound up kind of giving up on volunteering or even attending meetings 3/4 of the way through the year because all my efforts to volunteer were thwarted. On more than one occasion, I signed up for volunteer duty only to have something cancelled or moved and not to be told. I showed up to the school the weekend before Valentines Day on a freezing, snowy day to help decorate for a teacher appreciation thing and no one was there. I texted the PTA president and she got back to me 2 hours later to let me know they'd moved the event to her house. It was so rude! I'd organized my family's whole schedule around me being at the school for 4 hours that day. I'd even walked through the snow because we only have one car and I wanted my DH to have it since he was with the kids.

It's frustrating because I really do want to help out the school but I don't want to deal with this stuff. I decided I'm going to see if I can volunteer for a more direct support job (tutoring or something) and then focus on stuff specific to my kids classroom. I'll give money to the PTA during drives but otherwise I think I might just bow out. Seems like more trouble than it's worth.[/quote]

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