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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps it’s correlation rather than causation. [/quote]

Almost always this.
Parents involved in PTA at whatever school tend to be the more affluent and/or parents with a high level of education. (Not all, but many). And standardized test scores, which are known to correlate with education and socioeconomic status of parents, are one of the big factors in determining eligibility.
And then on top of that—parents who attend PTA tend to plan or at least know more about events happening at school and will show up to fundraisers, community-building events, and voluntarily supply resources to support and supplement school needs. So teachers and admins may see them on campus more and friendly/cordial or familiar relationships with them—-and given that these interactions are usually centered around something positive, you can probably argue that this might create a bias in teachers or admins that results in them looking favorably on those parents and, by extension, their kids. And it’s possible that this unconsciously bleeds into the AAP selection system since one metric is the teacher ratings scale.

It’s unlikely that there is a sinister behind-the-scenes quid pro quo arrangement happening. They aren’t winking and nodding and shaking hands to make deals to get their kids into the program. And there are certainly many PTA parents whose kids do not get admitted to the program. But your observation that many PTA members kids end up in AAP also isn’t wrong. 
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