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[quote=Anonymous]The PTA could almost certainly use whatever check you're willing to write, but I'm sure they'd also love your help if you could volunteer some hours as well. If you're willing to give time, you might consider talking to your PTA leadership about where they could best use your help, or at least to get their insight about ideas of your own. For instance, coordinating a for-pay enrichment program probably isn't going to be very helpful if families in your school can't afford the $150-250 per quarter that North Arlington families often pay for enrichment. But if you'd really like to have after-school enrichment available for your child, talk to your PTA about the feasibility of creating some kind of all-volunteer program, where parents with a particular skill or interest in art or board games or lego challenges can volunteer to run something. Something like that would present certain logistical issues (e.g., without an outside organization taking responsibility for supervision, providing liability insurance, etc., you'd probably need to have a teacher or other staff member supervising the activities, and the school won't necessarily be able to provide that), and the current PTA leadership is probably in the best position to help you figure out what can and cannot be done.

In short, talk to your PTA. Use the people with experience doing these things to help you figure out how to best utilize your time and talents to help your school.[/quote]

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