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[quote=Anonymous]Wow, it's like an echo from my past.

Here's the advice I wish I'd gotten at the time:

1. Hope for the best, but accept that half the parents who are currently extolling the virtues of your EOTP school will be gone next year or sooner (didn't Cooke's biggest booster bail even before the beginning of the school year this year?).  Do not take this personally, but understand that people will lie to your face, take up hours of your time meeting with you to plan events, and then walk away without a second glance the minute Mundo Verde calls.  They will feel bad, but they will do it.
2. In year two, celebrate the heck out of the parents who came back, and do lots of fun things with those parents and their kids.  Half of them will be gone in another two years, but you can create strong bonds that will last past your current school location.
3. Celebrate the small victories: if you only raise $8,000 in year 1 for the PTA, that's $8,000 more than you would have if you hadn't worked on it.
4 Cultivate the heck out of all the parents, even those who look different, speak different languages, and spank their kids in public.  These are the parents who will stick with the school so any support you can get from them will be long-lasting.
5. Push the school early and often to advertise events in every medium possible, including emails, texts, flyers posted, and overhead announcements.  DO NOT accept that low income parents don't have smart phones.  Cricket has made smart phones available to everyone who wants one. Instead push to have blast texts sent out.
6. Do not denigrate the efforts of those who are currently at the school.  The seemingly clueless administrator at the front desk is likely the only one who knows where the speakers are for movie night.  Make friends.
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