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[quote=Anonymous]I started out with high hopes for the PTA and getting involved... I wasn't impressed.  I think that it must be common (at least at our school) b/c the first meeting of the year was filled (i.e. 25 people) with parents of kinders and first graders... the people who hadn't figured it out yet.  The parents who've been around longer aren't interested anymore.

Maybe your PTA is doing "a thousand things" that affect your child.  Mine is not, and again, I would be content with the education my child would be getting if there was no PTA at the school.  It seems that some of you won't take this at face value...I don't see PTA as a necessity or even much of a value-adder when it comes to my children's school experience.  I do see them as kind of an irritant with all of the fundraising pushiness and personally, I find the leadership to be dismissive/clique-ish/incredulous that everyone doesn't see PTA the way that they do (as this discussion shows).

I don't want cookie dough, wrapping paper, candy bars or coupon books.   I'd rather have more parents volunterring in the classrooms (with regular or special events) or people who just send their kids to school with respect for teachers and other students.[/quote]

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