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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a high school teacher, think my job is demanding and service enough, so never thought twice about not being part of the elementary school PTA.  That said, I deeply appreciate the work they did, which was great for kids (and neutral to positive for teachers too).  This PTA ran a ton of free or nominal charge after-school classes for students, interest-based fun programming, and the PTA took care of the logistics, supervision, and hiring of teachers, who were mainly the regular teachers getting paid to run these fun interest classes.

At my high school now, the PTA does a nice job bringing in stress relief activities for students during exam week (lawn games, etc.).

The PTA Teacher Appreciation stuff isn't necessary.  I appreciate the intentions, but I don't need special snacks or decorations.  I need parents in the community to be aware of [b]our working conditions[/b] and support us actively when we are in contract negotiations, which have become increasingly difficult.

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I would love to support teachers in advocating for better working conditions. I am not aware of how the contract negotiations impact working conditions. Can you elaborate?[/quote]

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