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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No interest, not a joiner.  I'm happy to write you a check, but it's not clear to me that "parent engagement" per se improves the school.  If there's a specific thing you want me to do (like clean up the school yard, take a role in a fundraiser) I'm likely to pitch in.  But just "be involved" for the sake of being involved?  No.  [/quote]

Those are the sorts of things that I am talking about.

We send out notices all the time about fundraising and volunteering for specific things at specific times for specific reasons, and parent involvement remains very low.

As for the "involvement for the sake of being involved" I think that things like community building events (restaurant nights, school festivals, etc.) are important for making everyone (including students) feel good about the school. Yet engagement remains low.[/quote]

Well those two things are connected.  If I get the sense that the PTA is a social club into "community building" rather than substance, then I might be likely to shy away from your volunteer projects because they seem cliquish or make-work. I will write you a check, provided there are very tangible benefits the money goes for, such as classroom aides.  [/quote]

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