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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone just wants to whine to whine. For fucks sake. if you want to show your teacher appreciation, do it yourself. Don't look to the PTA to plan it for you, and if the PTA does plan something and you don't like that it's "food related" then plan something yourself. Or stop pretending that the PTA is not you. If you're a parent at the school YOU ARE THE PTA. Don't like the plans in place? Then step up and volunteer yourself. Lead. Although I know it's easier to sit on the sidelines and criticize and critique. [/quote]

Well no, the PTA is an "association," if you don't join the association (sign up, pay dues, etc), you are not part of the PTA even if you are a parent at the school. [/quote]

That's not the case at my school (Stoddert). If you are a parent at Stoddert you are a member of the PTO. We want you to pay your dues and ask repeatedly but if you don't, your voice is still welcome. [/quote]

There is a difference between PTOs and PTAs. PTA is part of a formal national organization and only dues-paying members are part of a PTA. PTOs are independent organizations so they can operate however they want (including making all parents members whether they pay dues or not). Interesting to hear how different schools do it differently, at our Title I school the PTA is very active and to some extent exclusionary when it comes to decision-making, has a tendency to be at odds with the school/DCPS management, etc. [/quote]

Yep. Fully aware. Stoddert went through the PTA to PTO transition last year. And then there are HSAs and every other sort of configuration you can come up with. I just find it humorous when someone tries to make their argument focused on details like this. The PP mentions dares to mention that "You are the PTA" and rather than understanding the obvious intent of that statement, the respondent wants to get off on a technicality. "Well, actually, if you're not part of the association then blah, blah, blah."  Whatever. The original point still stands. If you appreciate your child's teacher and have a vision for the proper way to express your appreciation, do it yourself. Stop bitching. [/quote]

I am not "b----ing," I just don't agree with the statement that if you are part of the school you are part of the PTA, especially when many parents may disagree with the PTA's stance and actions on things. And I am not trying to "get off" (out) of anything based on a technicality or otherwise, I did indeed go right ahead and express appreciation for our teachers as I saw fit (especially given as the PTA at our school did nothing for the week). But I take offense at the suggestion that as a parent I have some sort of responsibility for what the PTA does or doesn't do, when it is an association I have full freedom to be part of or not. [/quote]

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