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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do PTSAs demand pies for teachers on Pi Day, and on staff appreciation day and on ... .  Well, you get my drift.  I see this at a school where many kids are supposedly without the means to have a good meal.  So, teachers why don't you tell our PTSA people to make a difference by feeding the needy?  [/quote]

OP, if you think that the PTA should provide food support for the poor families instead of staff appreciation lunches, then join the PTA and start organizing food support for the poor families.

Or, if that's too much work, then just ignore the PTAs' messages about staff appreciation lunches.[/quote]

Feeding hungry children is NOT the mission of the PTA. If there are starving children, then it should be both their parents' responsibility. If they can't do it, then it should be the government's or a humanitarian organization's responsibility. The PTA is supposed to fund programs that enrich the education of ALL children. The teacher appreciation luncheons are only a small portion of the PTA's budget since most of a PTA's budget should go to support all children. Feeding hungry kids, while of course noble, is cherry picking, which the PTA frowns upon.[/quote]

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