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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Evening meetings are hard for everyone.  No one likes them, working or SAH.  Kids have sports practice, games to attend, music lessons, dinner, help with homework, and then times this by multiple kids in families.

Sometimes spouses work late or aren’t home, sometimes/and very often the case, the spouse has to take one kid somewhere while you have to take another kid somewhere. And someone needs to cook dinner as well.

Daytime meetings are more convenient for SAH parents.  As where night meetings are convenient to no one. Whoever is leading the PTA gets to decide what the best schedule is for them since they are the one that is obligated to be there every time, next factor is who else will actually show up and what is the best availability for them. [/quote]

This is a complete SAHM fantasy. Our elementary did 6pm meetings (with babysitting/pizza provided) and it was fine. That’s the most sensible time and nobody could object. SAHs can have the parent watch the kids or bring them to the meetings; WOHs can usually make a 6pm meeting after work with enough notice. And the truth is SAHMs have more flexible schedules so that’s why the PTA meetings don’t need to cater to them. Anyone who tried to schedule a daytime PTA meeting at our school would have been laughed out of the room. [/quote]

Our ES tried both 5 pm (non PTA, this was for school run) and 7 pm (PTA, often after the school run) meetings, and they were incredibly lightly attended. School of over 700 kids and maybe 10 parents would show up to any meeting. I have 3 kids, all in activities. There is exactly 1 night a week that I wouldn't have to flex my schedule to be somewhere.

Our school also did daytime parent coffees. They quit those because so few people came.

Night meetings are convenient for no-one is correct.  Daytime meetings immediately after dropoff are convenient for some SAHPs.[/quote]

Night meetings may not be convenient, but day time meetings mean working parents aren't welcome at all [/quote]

Exactly. And if you cannot get any parents to come to the 6pm meetings it’s because you run a clown car PTA that nobody takes seriously. [/quote]

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