Anonymous
Post 04/18/2015 14:16     Subject: How intense are the parents at your charter?
Anonymous wrote:I've found those are ours are less intense and more opinionated, if that makes sense. They choose the strangest battles to fight.


Trix yogurt?
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2015 13:17     Subject: How intense are the parents at your charter?
At CMI and the parents are not intense.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2015 08:51     Subject: Re:How intense are the parents at your charter?
Anonymous wrote:All you have to do is read this forum a few times and you'll have your answer. I'm at MV and most of the parents I've met are bright, friendly and reasonable but yes there are one or two who have rubbed me the wrong way. Law of averages really but I think being in DC definitely raises the odds of getting some type-A parents.


Same at our HRC
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2015 08:17     Subject: How intense are the parents at your charter?
I've found those are ours are less intense and more opinionated, if that makes sense. They choose the strangest battles to fight.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2015 08:10     Subject: Re:How intense are the parents at your charter?
All you have to do is read this forum a few times and you'll have your answer. I'm at MV and most of the parents I've met are bright, friendly and reasonable but yes there are one or two who have rubbed me the wrong way. Law of averages really but I think being in DC definitely raises the odds of getting some type-A parents.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2015 05:33     Subject: Re:How intense are the parents at your charter?
I think that's my charter too, and as a first time attendee of the meeting, it made me not go back. Obnoxious.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2015 23:45     Subject: Re:How intense are the parents at your charter?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have one who made herself head of the PTA and refuses to let any other parent do anything to help her. Badmouths the school administration at every opportunity. A huge turnoff for me in terms of involvement and fundraising.


How do you make yourself head of the PTA? Why don't you vote her out?


There was no voting! She just decided that was going to be her role. I'm guessing it's a relatively young PTA (at a charter, if it matters). The administration doesn't seem to do anything about it.


We may be at the same charter.
No one wanted the job, so none of us said anything when it happened. It was interesting to see it happen.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2015 21:26     Subject: Re:How intense are the parents at your charter?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have one who made herself head of the PTA and refuses to let any other parent do anything to help her. Badmouths the school administration at every opportunity. A huge turnoff for me in terms of involvement and fundraising.


How do you make yourself head of the PTA? Why don't you vote her out?


There was no voting! She just decided that was going to be her role. I'm guessing it's a relatively young PTA (at a charter, if it matters). The administration doesn't seem to do anything about it.


Oh, I see. I hereby declare myself Ruling Despot of her PTA. So, now I am. See how easy that was?

It sounds like there isn't really a PTA. Just being an involved person doesn't make it a PTA. Note the A in PTA (Association) or O in PTO (Organization). That means bylaws, officers, members, etc.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2015 21:23     Subject: How intense are the parents at your charter?
We are at Latin, and I'm not hearing a lot of high maintenance / intense parents. I am not as involved as I was at our elementary, but the parents seem less intense at Latin than our DCPS elementary.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2015 21:20     Subject: Re:How intense are the parents at your charter?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have one who made herself head of the PTA and refuses to let any other parent do anything to help her. Badmouths the school administration at every opportunity. A huge turnoff for me in terms of involvement and fundraising.


How do you make yourself head of the PTA? Why don't you vote her out?


There was no voting! She just decided that was going to be her role. I'm guessing it's a relatively young PTA (at a charter, if it matters). The administration doesn't seem to do anything about it.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2015 12:52     Subject: Re:How intense are the parents at your charter?
Anonymous wrote:We have one who made herself head of the PTA and refuses to let any other parent do anything to help her. Badmouths the school administration at every opportunity. A huge turnoff for me in terms of involvement and fundraising.


How do you make yourself head of the PTA? Why don't you vote her out?
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2015 12:06     Subject: Re:How intense are the parents at your charter?
We have one who made herself head of the PTA and refuses to let any other parent do anything to help her. Badmouths the school administration at every opportunity. A huge turnoff for me in terms of involvement and fundraising.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2015 09:27     Subject: How intense are the parents at your charter?
Anonymous wrote:We have a very involved parent community. They are mostly chill though we have a few doozies who are pretty intense and impossible to please.


Welcome to DC... this is probably true at every DCPS / charter school in the city (and suburbs too).
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2015 09:15     Subject: How intense are the parents at your charter?
We have a very involved parent community. They are mostly chill though we have a few doozies who are pretty intense and impossible to please.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2015 09:04     Subject: How intense are the parents at your charter?
Very or not at all? How much second-guessing of the teachers and staff, or micro-managing from the parent perspective? How demanding?