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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. As a full-time working mom who would never have the time to put in the volunteering you did, I'm glad to see PTA involvement doesn't have a bearing on classroom assignment.

2. Aside from the physically aggressive kid being in your kid's class, I feel like you don't have a grievance here.  Your kid is in a public school; if you want there to be no kids with learning disabilities or other academic issues with your kid, send your kid to a private school. Otherwise, deal with it.[/quote]

No, PTA involvement does not have a bearing on classroom assignment.  Being a parent who is working for the whole school (either as a volunteer or as a participant) however does send the signal to the teachers  that you are an involved partner in your students education.  That is a positive thing and it does build up a good working relationship with the school.  If you are doing this just to jockey for favors at the school it becomes very evident to the teachers.  No one likes those kind of parents. Not even the hardworking PTA parents!
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News flash: working moms care just as much about their kids' education and school. We just have these things called jobs that prevent us from doing the important educational stuff like quartering the muffins for Muffins With Mom and running book fair checkout. PTA moms don't care more than we do, they just have more free time. [/quote]

I don't think this is entirely true since I work and volunteer. But I don't do it because I care more about my kids. I just don't want to be a mooch, taking the benefits and not giving back myself when my kids benefit. I wish I didn't feel this way and volunteered less. [/quote]

I don't consider myself a mooch if I don't volunteer for the PTA.  Public school is not a co-op.  My taxes are my contribution.  That doesn't mean I won't donate to the PTA or that I might volunteer for a particular discrete task (e.g., field trip) if I or my son would like me to do so.  But I don't feel any sense of compulsion to do so.[/quote]

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