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[quote=Anonymous]I've been through this as a white gentrifying PTO leader.  You kind of get stuck in a situation where the only people who show up are clueless preschool parents, because they're already friends.  Then people say oblivious things and don't prioritize well.  The school leadership and PTO leadership can try to steer them in a better direction, but ultimately if you tell people they can't have their twee little projects, they'll get bored and wander off.

You have to invest a lot of time and effort in getting them to see the real needs.  Unfortunately, the more they learn about the real needs of the school and its population, the more overwhelmed they feel, and it makes them want to remove their child.  So it's very very hard to get off the ground.

When I look back at this period of my life, if I had known how awful the school leadership actually was, I wouldn't have beat my head on the brick wall of their incompetence for so long.  The other parents tried to tell me, but I wasn't ready to hear it.  Sometimes when people don't participate, there's a message for those willing to listen.[/quote]

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