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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The PTA moms at our school always seem very irritated. Upset that more people aren’t volunteering, annoyed that a couple board positions are unfilled… I understand that this is frustrating but this sort of behavior drives people away rather than luring them in. I’m happy to help with my time and my money but I’m not interested in sitting in meetings with other moms who want to complain all day about everything.

Are most PTAs like this? [/quote]

I'm a PTA President at a middle school and our PTA officers including me are pretty laid back. Being an officer while having a full time job is enough and we're not going to burn ourselves out just to have events. We decided early on that the events will be run by committees and if we don't have any volunteers to execute those events, we just don't have them. To me, the lack of volunteers is a direct reflection of how badly (or not) the families want to have them.  So no volunteers? Then we move on and aren't at all irritated by it. And if there are no events, then be it. [/quote]

You also need to be doing more.  Our school had this attitude but when other parents did step up the president had to control it and either take the credit or she’d find ways to sabotage it.  She ran off some board members who did do a lot and replaced them with friends who did nothing and bailed after a year.  [/quote]

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