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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think rice PTAs need to share info about vendors, opportunities and how to set things up for the poorer PTAs in a user-friendly manner.  Mainly because while rich PTAs have a playlist and how-tos well preserved from one PTA year to the next, poorer PTAs have sporadic participation and people do not have knowledge about how to get things started at their schools.  For poor PTAs, it is like starting from scratch each year and it is very overwhelming.

What I would like to see is that county PTA give a bare minimum out-of-the-box solution to poor schools for enrichment activities that is easy and idiot proof to implement. Yes, charge every single parent $10 for it.

What am I suggesting? The basic book-keeping and cultural programming in poor schools should be done by county PTA.  What does it mean?  It means that they provide the leadership at the school PTA and enlist volunteers to do their work,

-Collecting $10-$15 from each parent, 
-Sending dues to county, state and national PTA, 
- Taxes and other paper work
- Provide an online directory for each school, each paying parent. 
- Provide $200 for each teacher to equip their classrooms and ask them to print directory to distribute to their students

What the parents need is ready leadership that provides the infrastructure, paperwork and bookkeeping help, so that  interested parents at any school can set up the following without too much paperwork and running around
- Bookfair
- Vendor performances or demonstrations  at school  
- Fee-based clubs run by vendors 
- Reading, Math, Science, Talent and  International nights.

We must have an out-of-the box bare minimum PTA solution that every school can have.  They can add as much as they want to it. The oversight should also be provided by the county PTA. Of course, it becomes a problem because the entire PTA is a volunteer organization.[/quote]

Please don’t yell at me because I really don’t know but isn’t this what the Montgomery county or state PTA is for? To help at least get a baseline for a school? We have representatives from our PTA go to the Montgomery County PTA and every county school would fall under that umbrella. [/quote]

PTA even at the county level is volunteer.  What I find  is that folks assume PTA is easy and those don’t volunteer which makes it significantly harder for those that do.  If every family had to volunteer 10-20hrs per year at school things would be very different.  Additionally, some of these things shouldn’t require a volunteer but instead should be a paid position. There should be an Enrichment Coordinator at every school to coordinator after school programs, cultural events, and partnership with the county and state on activities to benefit schools and students. But this has long depended on the grace of volunteers(usually stay at home parents) and so now folks don’t want to PAY for these things until that have to go without them.

It’s no different than county and states not wanting to pay for or truly respect teachers.  But when they quit, suddenly everyone starts paying attention.[/quote]

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