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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will also say this: Rustin is the exception, not the rule.

Parents are very engaged because it is a brand new school and a new opportunity to start over fresh.  The principal is AWESOME and people want to be connected with her.  I hope the high level of engagement continues, and I feel very lucky to be part of it.  But I also won't be shocked if it goes the way of so many other PTAs in a few years.[/quote]

I agree that it's due to being an new school. Entire Rustin board is without experience , except a delegate coming from Beall. I suspect they won't be able to sustain a decent level of activities for the next school year and enthusiasm will die down. I didn't like the fact that there were few parents , including elected president, ran for more than one position. It simply shows that those parents were simply desperate to get into PTA board and wanted to maximize their chance to get elected for one or another position.

Everyone should pick one position what they feel comfortable with and have skills in the area. Just run for one best suited position even though by laws allows to run for multiple positions. Parents randomly running for various positions either have super skills to do any job, or simply not suitable for being a leader.  Hopefully, board can do a good job otherwise all this new enthusiasm will quickly turned into a big disappointment.

Positions having many contestant is a great , but the same parent running for multiple position tells you something else. Hopefully, it works out great for sake of enthusiastic community.[/quote]

I'm surprised that MCPTA allows people to run for multiple board positions. They have a rule against everything. I was impressed when the post was originally made that Rustin actually had multiple people running for positions. Now I know, it's because there are some crazies. Beware Rustin community, this is not typical.[/quote]

I am in Rustin and I am also afraid that some crazies got elected. Having said that there were genuine multiple and different candidates who ran for various positions as well. They were not elected and from my memory they were dads. I would have loved to see some more dads in board because after few cycle PTAs tend to becomes just a group of moms who know each other. Hopefully there are enough non-crazies in board to make it functional otherwise we will have very bad time given that every task is new for Rustin board.[/quote]

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