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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work at one of the schools with very few active parents. The majority of my parents are very friendly and appreciative but speak very little English. For other students, I have no contact with their parents.

There are not many schools in the county with very active parents- though those parents are way more likely to be on DCUM and friends with those on DCUM. I can see those parents being frustrating, but that is just not my reality or the reality of anyone who works in my cluster (Seneca Valley). However, that doesn't represent the majority of county schools.

Like a PP, we don't actually talk about the superintendent much, but we do talk over and over again about how far Montgomery county has fallen. How there are no academic expectations. How there are no behavioral expectations. How the schools aren't safe. How there are no substitutes. How we feel like we can't teach anymore. How we are all miserable.

Although these are themes we are seeing around the country, we had hoped that a new superintendent would come in with suggestions. I think that is the part that is so hard. All we are hearing is how it will get worse before it gets better. We already know that there will be more unfilled teacher openings. We are also not hearing that there will be any plan to make discipline in schools a priority. Things like that.

I think that is why there is so much negativity. Everyone wants hope and currently there is no hope in the county.[/quote]

We very much want to be active but our PTA president is the ultimate mean girl along with her friends and either doesn’t respond or refuses help so no good way to participate.  MCCPTA and the school admin are equally cliquey and supports her behavior.  Tired of people complaining about the lack of volunteers when some of us try and get shut out.  [/quote]

I’ll tell you like I tell kids… this is an excuse, a cop out.  If you and a bunch of people really want to volunteer for PTA and can’t then form your own group or booster and do just that.  Volunteer aline directly w/ the school to help in any teacher’s classroom, or to serve as a general school floater to make copies and run errands or just watch someone class so they can go to the bathroom.  Better yet, elections come up every year or two, run against the “mean girl” or vote them out for someone else.  MCCPTA has dozens of open positions on the board and need for chairs of things.

I agree that no one wants to have mean girl president, but if you really want to do something, she shouldn’t be what holds you back.[/quote]

MCCPTA is not exactly a welcoming group to outsiders.  Clearly you are one of them.  Many schools, even before covid, didn't allow parent volunteers.  Ours did not.  And, MCCPTA doesn't like competition or outside groups.  They get pretty nasty about it (speaking from experience).[/quote]

How could I be one of them when I’m actively telling you to join them or go against them and do you’re own thing?  So you’re saying that your school that your child attends told parents there was nothing they could do to help out and be an active participant in there child’s education and school community?  And the same school’s PTA doesn’t allow anyone to do anything because its run by a mean girl?  And so no one does anything?[/quote]

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