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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was raised in another country and we did not have any parent organization like PTA.  A lot of what the PTA does here (celebrations, Math, literacy, Science, Reading, International nights, after school clubs, promotion ceremonies, prom, family nights) was actually done by teachers and students in my country, if it was done at all. We did not really have any staff appreciation events either.  Of course, we also had to pay tuition and get our own lunch etc and had no kitchen and cafeteria either.

The schools are trying to fix a lot of social issues in this country.  I can understand that to do that they need an organization like the PTA.  If the schools can stick to just teaching and we remove the "Social" things  like [b]clubs[/b], proms, [b]promotion ceremonies[/b], [b]holiday celebrations,[/b] boosters, [b]after school clubs[/b], staff appreciation, [b]talent show[/b], book fairs etc - then we can do away with the PTA.

The PTA in our school raises funds to give school supplies to students, provide lab and PE equipment to the school, landscaping etc.  I wonder why the school system cannot do this themselves?  If we do not have the money in the school system then we need to pare down on these activities.  There is really no need for class parties during Halloween or prom after parties.

Also there is no reason to have parent volunteers in the PTA.  Pay these parents.  That way we  can prevent SAHMs from volunteering in the PTA.  Because by earning a paycheck they will become WOHMs. [/quote]

In my Focus school the bolded are run by teachers, not the PTA. Teachers actually pay for the holiday celebrations out of their own pockets because there are very few donations. Teachers also run after school clubs without any compensation. I stopped hosting an after school club because it cost me a lot of time, energy and money to coordinate and run the club. Plus I also had to wait until the last student was picked up and there were often parents running late which wasn't fair to my own kids.   Our PTA does run the book fair twice a year which is very helpful. I think that a larger issue is that some schools are "haves" and others are "have nots" largely due to PTA funds. [/quote]

If we remove all PTA activities, all the students in all the schools will get the same from the school system.   We should also not have special programs for different students. Make everything equal. 
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Equally bad?[/quote]

Well, can't have it both ways, can we? People want all the benefits that the whole school enjoys because of the volunteer work of a few parents, but then they resent that these volunteers are in the school.  At the same time none of these parents want to volunteer themselves.  [/quote]

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