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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am trying to figure this out, since parent engagement is notoriously difficult. What is preventing you? Is it that events are of no interest to you? Is it that events are held at times that are inconvenient for you? Is it that you just don't feel that that kind of engagement is important?

I am talking about events at all times. Some people can't make morning meetings. Some people can't make evening meetings. Some people don't care about anything beyond their own child's classroom but are very involved there. Some people feel that it's enough to just send a check and leave it at that. Some people donate $0 but a lot of time. Some people donate $0 and also 0 time.

What is stopping you?[/quote]

PTA meetings are very often boring and provide little additional information that could not be read from other sources or received by speaking to someone directly.

For events, lots of parents don't like participating in kid activities and do not like dealing with other people's kids especially in a big group.  Many times these activities are pretty boring for the adults.  If you have limited free time to begin with, spending do an activity you dislike is not going to be top of your "to do" list.

My child is out of elementary school now but my advice to those who are there now - be selective in the type of events the PTA puts on each year. If each year, the PTA is begging for parent helpers, then do not put it on the calendar for the next year.  Learn to use technology better.  If you want parents to donate goods of some type to something, have someone on the PTA set up a Amazon wish list and let parents buy and ship the stuff straight to the school or a PTA member's home. Use audio conference for PTA meetings so that parents who can't make it can still listen if they would like.

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