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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the academic coach for my kids. In fact, I do believe in not letting their schooling interfere with their education. :-)

I will also do the following for the school -

1) Buy at lots of books at the scholastic book fairs., both for my child and for the homeroom teacher's wish list.

2) I will contribute store bought food or money for teacher's appreciation day/week.

3) I will contribute to class room parties - money, food and  a helping hand on the day of the party.

4) I will contribute coats from previous years for the "coats for kids"

5) I will contribute for the "pennies for patients"

6) I will contribute towards cost of two extra studenst for field trips in my child's home room.

7) I will volunteer for chaperoning for my kids field trip.

8) I will pay extra for two student directories printed by the PTA, but I will not become a member of that organization.

9) I will buy school supplies for my kids home room at least twice a year. Hand sanitizers, paper towels, tissue boxes, Lysol spray, pencils, electric pencil sharpeners and paper, ziplock bags.  I ask the teacher directly, not the school.

10) I will give gift cards to all the teachers - home room, arts, music, sports etc...once a year. If not Christmas/ Thanksgiving - then in May for teacher appreciation week.

I do not sell stuff, buy stuff from PTA catalogs, or go for the restaurant fund-raisers.

I also do not care to fund raise for new technology for class.  If the kids do not know how to read and do math, having a fancy drop down electronic board is moot and unnecessary.

I would rather that the money collected be used for after school clubs, International night, reading and math night, science fair and art competitions, scholastic competitions and field-trips.

I do not approve of the big deals that PTA make for MSA testing - buying goody bags etc.

I would be very happy if there was no PTA, but some kind of Parent Action Committee who asked every parent to contribute a fixed amount at the beginning of the year - and did away with the fund raisers.

I think I am very involved, but I know I am not involved in the way PTA parents are.

I do think that PTA is very cliquey as well.

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For our school, the few members of a a core clique pretty much prevent others from participating in much of the planning.  The only time they attempt to get extra-clique-cular volunteer help is when they have undesirable tasks that have to be filled at the last minute.

I do appreciate the hard-working majority of our PTA officers, but it has only taken a handful of personalities to really ruin the reputation of the group.  [/quote]

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