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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a stereotype for a reason.

I walked away from my phone for half an hour on Monday night and came back to 17 angry messages from the PTA president because I handed my information over to another parent who offered to take over me because my kid is graduating in two weeks and hers isn’t. She called it “going rogue” even though we don’t have a formal succession process at our school. I was just grateful that a parent offered to help out! Getting people to step up and help is difficult enough without all the ego issues with volunteers who use their role to feed their craving to feel important.

I won’t miss it. It’s been like this at every single PTA that I have helped with. I’m just impressed when there is no embezzlement.[/quote]

Why would you not loop in your PTA president first and say hey, this is too much for me right now... I need to step away? What you did actuallu looks like favoritism because instead of the PTA being able to decide on next steps collaboratively, you chose a friend.[/quote]

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