Anonymous
11/13/2022 01:08
Subject: There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
My old school district in another state did this nonsense. For instance a massive prom was held at an off site private location right after school year ended. They just stopped doing funded events during school year.
Anonymous
11/12/2022 23:30
Subject: Re:There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Please look at state/national PTA bylaws, there are MANY and they are extensive. I am a first year PTA treasurer and it’s intense! All monies must go to benefit all children etc many many rules on how PTA monies can be spent.
Sponsoring a sister school is the best way to promote equity.
Why not directly promote equity through an equal redistribution?
How many elementary schools are there in MCPS? 130 or so? So for every $1,000 you donate only $7.69 reaches your kid’s PTA.
I can see how that can be an instant turn off.
LOL. Source?
Take 1000 and divide by 130.
There are actually 134 elementary schools in MCPS, so the split would be $7.46 to each school divided equally.
Your school also gets its 130th share of the rest of the county.
Parents will stop donating to the PTA, and find alternative means of contributing. Maybe they pay for things directly or set up a GoFundMe.
You will not convince many parents to donate when their child’s school sees less than 1% of the donation.
Anonymous
11/12/2022 22:36
Subject: Re:There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Please look at state/national PTA bylaws, there are MANY and they are extensive. I am a first year PTA treasurer and it’s intense! All monies must go to benefit all children etc many many rules on how PTA monies can be spent.
Sponsoring a sister school is the best way to promote equity.
Why not directly promote equity through an equal redistribution?
How many elementary schools are there in MCPS? 130 or so? So for every $1,000 you donate only $7.69 reaches your kid’s PTA.
I can see how that can be an instant turn off.
LOL. Source?
Take 1000 and divide by 130.
There are actually 134 elementary schools in MCPS, so the split would be $7.46 to each school divided equally.
Your school also gets its 130th share of the rest of the county.
Anonymous
11/12/2022 22:10
Subject: There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need to look at the leadership at mccpta if there are so many issues at the school level.
Maybe we need to look at the leadership of MCPS Central Office if there are so many issues at the school level.
MCCPTA doesn't have any role at all at what MCPS does or does not do.
Mccpta is an advocacy group who would advocate for those changes.
Pissing in the wind just means you're covered in pee.
Does the MCPS Central Office does anything the MCCPTA requests? Thinking back on the PTA's i've seen, that's a resounding 'no'.
When schools were so infected in January that 9% of the student body was infected with covid and McKnight was begging the National Guard for bus drivers, there was a petition to go virtual (just two weeks) to let things settle down. I think that petition had 16,000 signatures? The Union cast it's second no-confidence vote in McKnight's leadership capabilities. That had 7,000 votes cast? That's the definition of "tone deaf".
Agree. They are lousy at advocating so what are we paying for?
Anonymous
11/12/2022 21:48
Subject: There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need to look at the leadership at mccpta if there are so many issues at the school level.
Maybe we need to look at the leadership of MCPS Central Office if there are so many issues at the school level.
MCCPTA doesn't have any role at all at what MCPS does or does not do.
Mccpta is an advocacy group who would advocate for those changes.
Pissing in the wind just means you're covered in pee.
Does the MCPS Central Office does anything the MCCPTA requests? Thinking back on the PTA's i've seen, that's a resounding 'no'.
When schools were so infected in January that 9% of the student body was infected with covid and McKnight was begging the National Guard for bus drivers, there was a petition to go virtual (just two weeks) to let things settle down. I think that petition had 16,000 signatures? The Union cast it's second no-confidence vote in McKnight's leadership capabilities. That had 7,000 votes cast? That's the definition of "tone deaf".
Anonymous
11/12/2022 21:41
Subject: Re:There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Please look at state/national PTA bylaws, there are MANY and they are extensive. I am a first year PTA treasurer and it’s intense! All monies must go to benefit all children etc many many rules on how PTA monies can be spent.
Sponsoring a sister school is the best way to promote equity.
Why not directly promote equity through an equal redistribution?
How many elementary schools are there in MCPS? 130 or so? So for every $1,000 you donate only $7.69 reaches your kid’s PTA.
I can see how that can be an instant turn off.
LOL. Source?
Take 1000 and divide by 130.
There are actually 134 elementary schools in MCPS, so the split would be $7.46 to each school divided equally.
Good luck finding donors.
Anonymous
11/12/2022 21:38
Subject: Re:There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Please look at state/national PTA bylaws, there are MANY and they are extensive. I am a first year PTA treasurer and it’s intense! All monies must go to benefit all children etc many many rules on how PTA monies can be spent.
Sponsoring a sister school is the best way to promote equity.
Why not directly promote equity through an equal redistribution?
How many elementary schools are there in MCPS? 130 or so? So for every $1,000 you donate only $7.69 reaches your kid’s PTA.
I can see how that can be an instant turn off.
LOL. Source?
Take 1000 and divide by 130.
There are actually 134 elementary schools in MCPS, so the split would be $7.46 to each school divided equally.
Anonymous
11/12/2022 20:54
Subject: Re:There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
Life is not always equitable. Some schools have more money. Some PTAs raise more money. It’s life. Deal with it or go to private.
Anonymous
11/12/2022 20:39
Subject: There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need to look at the leadership at mccpta if there are so many issues at the school level.
Maybe we need to look at the leadership of MCPS Central Office if there are so many issues at the school level.
MCCPTA doesn't have any role at all at what MCPS does or does not do.
Mccpta is an advocacy group who would advocate for those changes.
Anonymous
11/12/2022 20:18
Subject: There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need to look at the leadership at mccpta if there are so many issues at the school level.
Maybe we need to look at the leadership of MCPS Central Office if there are so many issues at the school level.
MCCPTA doesn't have any role at all at what MCPS does or does not do.
Anonymous
11/12/2022 18:07
Subject: Re:There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Please look at state/national PTA bylaws, there are MANY and they are extensive. I am a first year PTA treasurer and it’s intense! All monies must go to benefit all children etc many many rules on how PTA monies can be spent.
Sponsoring a sister school is the best way to promote equity.
Why not directly promote equity through an equal redistribution?
How many elementary schools are there in MCPS? 130 or so? So for every $1,000 you donate only $7.69 reaches your kid’s PTA.
I can see how that can be an instant turn off.
LOL. Source?
Anonymous
11/12/2022 15:32
Subject: There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need to look at the leadership at mccpta if there are so many issues at the school level.
There is new leadership! And oh, the last MCCPTA leader is now a BOE member
They/you aren't new and the same folks who have been around for years. As someone involved, they do nothing for our school but have their hand out for money. They don't even respond to emails. We are 100% on our own.
Anonymous
11/12/2022 14:12
Subject: There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need to look at the leadership at mccpta if there are so many issues at the school level.
There is new leadership! And oh, the last MCCPTA leader is now a BOE member
Anonymous
11/12/2022 13:29
Subject: Re:There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Please look at state/national PTA bylaws, there are MANY and they are extensive. I am a first year PTA treasurer and it’s intense! All monies must go to benefit all children etc many many rules on how PTA monies can be spent.
Sponsoring a sister school is the best way to promote equity.
Why not directly promote equity through an equal redistribution?
How many elementary schools are there in MCPS? 130 or so? So for every $1,000 you donate only $7.69 reaches your kid’s PTA.
I can see how that can be an instant turn off.
Anonymous
11/12/2022 12:48
Subject: There Needs to Be Enforced Equity Among PTA's
Maybe we need to look at the leadership at mccpta if there are so many issues at the school level.