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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]And the OP complaining about $15 PTA dues but yet wants a free directory that the PTA spends hours putting together. Seriously?
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The OP stated that she donates.  I think if you contribute a dish for teacher appreciation, work the carnival or do any of the other endless volunteer jobs you have provided enough to get a directory.  I think it's just looks cheap and manipulative to hold out the directory for membership.

PTA's pay 1.25 for Mont. Co PTA and 3.75 to Maryland and National PTA dues per every member.  I can see the value in the Montgomery county PTA. but not the Maryland or National PTA organizations. [/quote]

OP here. Actually I would like to pay for the directory, but not join the PTA.  Infact, if the PTA charged me  the same amount that a PTA membership costed (or slightly more), without making me a member, all that money would go to my school.  I would prefer that.

I donate directly to the school for all kinds of things - teacher appreciation being one of them. I participate in PTA organized book fairs and have directly donated for fundraisers where children are supposed to sell things to the neighbors etc.  [b]I just do not want to be in the PTA because I feel that the PTA should be waiving any dues from poor SES schools. [/b]

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Do you have a child in a high-poverty school, or is this just a general statement of principle?

If it's a statement of principle, what have you done to make your opinion clear to the people who could change the policy, or have you just refused to pay the PTA dues without any explanation?[/quote]

I found about how the PTA dues were divvied up after my child was in a high-poverty school. I made the opinion clear to PTA (since I was an active member of the PTA board) but no dice.  The PTA really did not bring much value to the school. The only fundraising that was effective was the scholastic book fair for the school.  The PTA fees was only $6 because of the poverty level.  So the school kept only $1 of the dues. If the MD and National PTA is so blind as to not be sensitive to the reality and need in such schools I do not have the time or inclination to be part of this group.

I just feel that my money is better served by giving directly to the school, which I do.   I have not refused to pay PTA dues, I refuse to join the PTA as a member.  Joining of PTA is not mandatory and so I do not owe them any dues whatsoever.

I prefer the model of PTO - I prefer that the school keeps the money - entirely.  There is a reason that the PTAs across the nation is losing membership even as enrollments are rising.

http://www.ptotoday.com/pto-today-articles/article/292-pto-vs-pta-whats-the-difference

http://www.ptotoday.com/pto-today-articles/article/292-pto-vs-pta-whats-the-difference[/quote]

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