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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is your principal aware of this?  I would speak to them and have them deal with the PTA.  This is either a huge miscommunication or the PTA has lost its marbles.  
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This.  Our PTA doesn't ask for any funds from teachers except we do ask them to become real members.   That costs $15/year.  Of which a few dollars go to national PTA.

We stock the teachers' lounge with free food at appreciation events.  And every teacher gets a $25 gift card at the winter holidays

So no teacher is out of pocket due to PTA.[/quote]

As a teacher, I would much rather that my PTA pay my dues, than that they ask me to fork over $15, and then consider a $25 gift card (to where?) months later to be repayment.  [/quote]

We don't require anyone to join.  It's a sign of support for the mission of the PTA (ours is actually a PTSA because high-school students can join).

There aren't any waivers of dues for anyone. I pay for my kid's student membership.  The administrators pay.  When you pay your dues you become eligible for other benefits like applying for national PTA grants and scholarships.  And you fill in your own personal contact details and preferences.

I'm sure the teachers get more than $15 in free coffee, tea, snacks.  Not hard at $2.50 for a Coke.  The $25 gift card goes to all teachers and not just those who sign up for PTA.  It's a gift funded by donors and the gift card drive is managed by PTA.

So you are the kind of person who would get petty about being out $15 for 3 months.  OK.  I spent $100 of my personal money on snacks for the teachers' lounge for beginning of the school year.  I guess we don't share priorities.

Gift cards are usually teacher's choice and they are usually Target, grocery store, or gas cards for our local stations.  Not useless stuff.[/quote]

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