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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The misinformation on this site about ASFS is appalling.

No one who isn’t currently at ASFS joined the PTA and voted in the recent election. Two people who live in the neighborhood who would like to eventually attend the school came to one meeting where no election was held.

However, at the meeting where elections were held, the attendance record reached an all time high with new members/attendees who currently attend ASFS but had never come to a previous meeting. They showed up with copies of the same email (probably from the same PP accusing neighborhood people of being racist for wanting to walk to school) telling them who to vote for/vote out. Once the vote was over (and before the results were announced), they all left.

If anything, all these posts about ASFS support the need for APS and the SB to redrawn boundaries around ASFS sooner rather than later so that we can all be spared any further threads on the issue.

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I’m an out going officer of the asfs pta so I feel like I should correct the misinformation being spread here. 
At the first pta meeting elections were supposed to be held, there were at least fifteen adults who do not have kids at the school present.  I know this based off of the sign in sheet.  This was the first meeting I had seen this, but it’s possible that they’ve been coming for a while.  At that first meeting, there were a number of people making comments that are inconsistent with asfs community values.  For example, I saw someone make fun of a parent asking a question in broken English.  I don’t know if that person is a member of our community or not, but behavior like that is appalling and not welcome at our school.  
 At the second pta meeting where we voted, I saw at least three adults who do not have children at the school.  I recognize one from the televised school board meetings and I talked to other two.
A large number of people did leave right after the vote, but that was due to Ramadan and the provided child care ending.  Early is also relative: they left at 7:30 or later, which many with small kids might consider late for a weeknight.
I agree people who are not current members of the community have a right to join and contribute, but I have not seen any of them outside of these two meetings.  If this is the new normal, we need to be more stringent about running background checks on volunteers.  I would hate for someone to use this as a way to gain access for more nefarious reasons like child abuse or school violence.  
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I think you should consider asking Jeff to have this removed. There are only four individuals you could be, and people who know the goings-on in the ASFS PTA may be inclined to assume this is sour grapes from one of the officers who lost re-election. If you're not one of those two, that's all the more reason to have it deleted so it's not unfairly associated with them.[/quote]

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