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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a wealthy school district issue.  My guess is bored SAHMs drive these things- they like getting the pictures, they like coming up with "fun" things to do at school, they like forcing ridiculous fund raisers and events so they can sponsor over the top assemblies, they like throwing elaborate school parties that require parents to either contribute a lot of money or sign up for something dumb.  Social media drives it too.  I went to a top public school in the 90s and we didn't do any of this and our mothers weren't making chalk posters for us to hold on the first day of school.

Again, just a guess.  High(er) FARMS schools don't do any of that.  Likely bc it will be ignored by most parents.  [/quote]

Non wealthy schools.  It’s the working parents who control our pta who want to pretend they are doing something without actually doing anything.  The sah generally handle any real stuff that has to be done and the others swoop in and take credit. [/quote]

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