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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Over involved parents can be so annoying, disruptive, and pushy.  I don't blame the principal.[/quote]

So the answer is to dissolve the PTA? We all know that all the best schools have no PTA.[/quote]

I was a PTA officer for several years at a top performing NOVA public with a principal who didn't like overly involved parents.  We survived.  In hindsight, however, the PTA was a colossal waste of time that did very little to advance the actual academic mission of the school.  We were just annoying busy bodies.

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ALL Principals have mixed feelings about parent involvement, even the ones who gush about how helpful the parents are. Some parents are indeed super helpful: they keep their head down and work for the good of the kids and staff. Others are there for virtue signaling, social engineering, spying on certain "problem children", or "problem staff", telling tales, and just ruin it for the rest.

I was PTA officer for many years in a great MCPS public school. The Principal and Assistant Principal were incredibly hard-working and attuned to the needs of their school. They tried to retain the most efficient, low-drama parents, and did their best to avoid the flaky or dramatic ones.
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