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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]
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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]

That's not how our PTA ran, so speak for yours or the choices your president made.  Ours was late at night and weekends which was frustrating as it conflicted with our kids activities.  And, it did not represent the community at large either but a select group of the presidents friends who were equally nasty people.

Our school has separate groups - a Hispanic family group and an African American family group so it was very rationally divided and the president made no effort to join the groups and it was always seperate but not equal as the other groups were much better, but many of us weren't welcome in those either.[/quote]
Segregated PTAs?  Did the KKK organize this at your school?[/quote]

Our school also has segregated parent organizarions.  I am not from this area (and an immigrant, FWIW) and I find it a little weird.  There is a parent organization that is specifically for Latino parents and one that is specific for African American parents.  And the regular PTA is mostly white moms (not many males).

I’m in none of those groups, and so I mostly stay away and keep in touch with my mom friends at the school - who are of various races.  [/quote]

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