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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most families do not join pta
.not even one. In fact the statement most parents do not join the pta is more accurate [/quote]
Yes
It is meant for bored housewives, the ones who need to be involved and love to gossip. Their hierarchy games are ridiculous[/quote]

The majority of parents in our PTA work, so good try.  They are super lazy in everything they do, will not let others help (and when you do they are super critical) and the PTA is the laughing stock of the school.  The current board is useless and doesn't listen. Its filled with the president's friends who will yes them rather than question things and do what's best for the school.[/quote]

It's really frustrating when so much of the entire model of PTA is built off the idea of a parent who either is working with flexible hours or not working at all and can come in and volunteer at school and it's just not going to jive with the economic reality of a lot of families.

It's also compounded by the fact that a lot families in our community come from cultures where it's not required of them to volunteer in schools or participate in school leadership.  I think that a lot of the PTA members would love to get more families involved but they just don't really understand how to bridge that cultural divide much less the language one[/quote]

It depends on the PTA.  Ours is of working parents who look down on SAHP or flexible parents and they really don't want volunteers.  They want to do the absolute minimum and pat themselves on the back via social media and work hard to excluded many families.[/quote]

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