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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sadly, there is no right answer here. I've been involved with the PTA at our school for a long time and at this point, none of the meetings are well-attended. And a lot of the moms who are on the board with me DO work, and we are able to attend the meetings too. [/quote]
Our your meetings in the middle of the day? I would love to participate in the PTO and even volunteer for the board, but I can't attend daytime meetings.[/quote]They always hold our at 9am on Thursdays monthly.  I can’t attend because I go into work. This means I was never able to attend PTA meetings for a decade. [/quote]

This thread has been eye opening. I had no idea the reason meetings are held during the daytime is because people who don't do anything all day long don't want to give up their "precious" evening family time. [/quote]

You may consider it “doing nothing,” but PTO meetings are used to recruit volunteers for PTO events.  These events are largely organized by and carried out by SAHMs.  If working moms want to take time off to do it, great, but until then, meetings and events will occur at the time convenient for those who are volunteering.[/quote]

You misunderstand. Doing nothing refers to the fact that you don't have daytime obligations. A working parent has to take off literally half the day in order to attend a 10:00am meeting. If you want working parents to volunteer, you can't say "well come to our meetings, then you can volunteer, too!" but then have the meetings at an inconvenient time for them while also saying "the meetings and events will occur at a time convenient for those who are volunteering". What a hypocrite!!!

The ES my children went to had 7:00pm PTA meetings, and even the principal made sure that community meetings were after hours. Most of the PTA board members were working parents. I volunteered a lot - most of our committee meetings were over zoom after our kids went to bed and we held a ton of evening events and fundraisers. I was on the committee for our fall and spring fundraisers and was even a room parent one year.  The PTA made it easy for ALL parents to volunteer which was great because it was a nice mix of the community (even dads, more than one), it was a really great experience.

Again, you're holding the PTA hostage. Don't complain when you don't get volunteers because you are actively making it hard for people to volunteer. I feel really bad for families at schools like yours.[/quote]

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