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PTOs Lure Parents Sick Of Split PTA Dues (washingtonpost.com) ptos Lure Parents Sick of Split PTA Dues. By Amit R. Paley. washington Some communities, such as Montgomery County, also have a county council of ptas, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43260-2004Oct18.html
Extractions: var SA_Message="SACategory=" + thisNode; Hello Edit Profile Sign Out Sign In Register Now ... Subscribe to SEARCH: News Web var ie = document.getElementById?true:false; ie ? formSize=27 : formSize=24 ; document.write(''); Top 20 E-mailed Articles washingtonpost.com Education K to 12 ... E-Mail This Article Top News K to 12 What is RSS? All RSS Feeds By Amit R. Paley Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, October 19, 2004; Page A09 Michele Foster had a simple recruiting pitch: Pay $6 a year to join the Parent-Teacher Association chapter at Desert Mountain School and thereby help improve the Phoenix elementary school. But the money's path was slightly more complicated and, to Foster, troubling. Last fall, the chapter with 270 members had to pay $1,080, more than half of the dues it collected, to state and national PTA offices.
PTOs Gain Ground At Expense Of PTA At Calvin Coolidge High School in washington, DC, Parent Teacher service provider for ptos, estimates that ptos generally outnumber ptas and, in some http://www.nsba.org/site/view.asp?TRACKID=&VID=55&CID=682&DID=34824
New Hampshire (NH) Arts And Cultural Development Organizations washington Valley Arts Association Pelham eBoosters Plymouth - Friends of the Arts National Conservation and Preservation Resources ptas, ptos, PTSOs, Etc http://directorynh.com/NHAssociations-Organizations/NHArtsCulturalDevelopment.ht
The Herald - Local The band is taking a trip to washington, DC. ptos Are they taxexempt? Some ptos and ptas are raising so much money that they need financial advice. http://www.heraldonline.com/local/story/4146897p-3911744c.html
Extractions: Place An Ad Got stuff to sell? Place it in The Herald Classifieds. Subscription Hungry for more than just news. Subscribe today! Early Classifieds Free Archives Coupons Early Ticket ... Member Center Quick Search: Current Archive HOME NEWS SPORTS OPINIONS ... LOCAL Updated: 09/27/05 Groups give district $1M boost Parents have become so good at selling sodas, raffling motorcycles and cleaning stadiums that PTAs, PTOs and boosters clubs combined are providing about $1 million a year for Rock Hill's public schools. With cutbacks in state funding, schools have become increasingly dependent on money parents raise for the enrichment tax money can't afford. It also has fostered administrative problems: Fund raising has spiraled so much that district officials are not always certain where and how the money is being spent. Nor, sometimes, are some parents who devote countless hours to fund raising. Parent groups keep their own books on the thousands of dollars they raise, but from there the gifts enter a labyrinth. Some make donations to the school or to the athletic department, and others to the boosters clubs or to the specific activity they are supporting. Some buy items themselves and give it to the school or department, making the gift part of the district inventory. But what if the gift doesn't meet state standards for schools?
Parents Abandon PTAs, Form PTOs Parents abandon ptas, form ptos 10/23/2004 1200 AM. AMIT PALEY, washington POST; Duluth News Tribune Michele Foster had a simple recruiting pitch Pay $6 a http://www.parentsunitednetwork.org/printview/28Oct20048.html
Extractions: Michele Foster had a simple recruiting pitch: Pay $6 a year to join the Parent-Teacher Association chapter at Desert Mountain School and thereby help improve the Phoenix elementary school. But the money's path was slightly more complicated and, to Foster, troubling. Last fall, the chapter with 270 members had to pay $1,080, more than half of the dues it collected, to state and national PTA offices. "It killed me," said Foster, then secretary of the PTA, whose son attends the school. "We were sending them money and not getting anything in return." So this year, parents at Desert Mountain decided to disband the PTA and form a Parent Teacher Organization, a nearly identical group except that members of PTOs pay no dues to a state or national organization. Desert Mountain is one of thousands of PTA groups that have voted to leave the national association in recent years. The PTA's national membership has declined steadily from a high of 12.1 million in 1963 to 5.9 million last year. Fewer than one in four American schools with grades K-12 has a chapter, according to National PTA spokeswoman Jenni Gaster Sopko.
M.O.M. (Mom On A Mission) They held their first meeting in washington DC, expecting only about 200 people. that as parents we need to give our school ptas and ptos (Parent Teacher http://www.portlandfamily.com/col4.html
Extractions: Apparently these women cared more about children than the risk of being ostracized for bucking social mores. Clearly they found the job of advocating for children more important than a vote. They believed it was up to moms to take action to eliminate the threats that endangered children. They held their first meeting in Washington DC, expecting only about 200 people. Over 2,000 people showed up, all of whom were committed to children. Educators, laborers, legislators and parents laid the groundwork for identifying problems and devising strategies to solve them.
O: Church Fund Raising Oberto Sausage Company Beef jerky for fundraising. Kent, washington Operation Bookworm - ptas/ptos can offer Operation Bookworm books as a way of http://www.fundraisingweb.org/alpha/O.htm
Extractions: All Fundraising Companies Directory Return Home Fundraising Ideas Index Free Fundraising Information Fundraising Companies - O - Are you tired of the same old fund raiser year after year? Why not try selling authentic Danish kringles? [Racine, Wisconsin] Oberto Sausage Company - Beef jerky for fundraising. [Kent, Washington] Ocean Harvest Seafood Company - Ocean Harvest Seafood provides those who love quality fresh seafood. 50% of membership, 5% of sales. Perfect fund-raiser. [Alpharetta, Georgia] - We sell our fine fundraising candy products to the fund raising community. [Oceanside, California] Odour Free Rooms, Inc. - Support your team, and upset costs with our easy and fun sports fund raiser. We can help your teams raise thousands of dollars. [Toronto, Ontario, Canada] Official Fundraising - Provides Hershey fundraising products to schools and youth leagues across the United States. [Farmers Branch, Texas] Oil for Kids SM - When was the last time you paid $10 for an oil change? Now your group can offer 4 oil changes for $40 $10 per oil change and $150 in real savings! 50% profit, free sign-up, no cost. Profit $5,000 for selling 250. Profit $10,000 for selling 500! Call toll-free 800-457-7670 or sign-up online. [Bellevue, Washington]
Www.dailyrecord.com - Local News - Back To School These groups are not ptas, ptos or Home and School Associations. Two other towns, Butler and washington Township, recently formed foundations, as well. http://www.dailyrecord.com/backtoschool/04/
Extractions: /* You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on the next lines. */ var pageName="" var server="" var channel="" var pageType="" var pageValue="" var prop1="local-news" var prop2="" var prop3="" var prop4="" var prop5="" var prop6="news" var prop7="local_news" var prop8="" var prop9="" var prop10="" /************* DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE! ***************/ var s_code=' ' Published in the Daily Record Sunday, August 8, 2000 Christopher Flores, left, and Andrea Leonard of the Normandy Park School make cookies at Viva the Chef in Morristown. Photo by John Bell/Daily Record Morris education foundations fund enrichment programs districts can't afford By Laura Bruno Decked out in chef's hats and aprons, students from the Normandy Park School were doing math and learning about teamwork, but they didn't even realize it. They were having too much fun to notice. They were measuring out ingredients, rolling dough and cutting out cookies as part of a cookie business. One afternoon in May, shortly before schools let out for the summer, the group of fourth- and fifth-graders were on a field trip to Viva the Chef, a Morristown-based cooking school that allowed students to make a mess as they created their product.
Www.dailyrecord.com - Local News - Back To School These groups are not ptas, ptos or Home and School Associations. Two other towns, Butler and washington Township, recently formed foundations, as well. http://www.dailyrecord.com/backtoschool/index.htm
Extractions: /* You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on the next lines. */ var pageName="" var server="" var channel="" var pageType="" var pageValue="" var prop1="local-news" var prop2="" var prop3="" var prop4="" var prop5="" var prop6="news" var prop7="local_news" var prop8="" var prop9="" var prop10="" /************* DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE! ***************/ var s_code=' ' Published in the Daily Record Sunday, August 8, 2000 Christopher Flores, left, and Andrea Leonard of the Normandy Park School make cookies at Viva the Chef in Morristown. Photo by John Bell/Daily Record Morris education foundations fund enrichment programs districts can't afford By Laura Bruno Decked out in chef's hats and aprons, students from the Normandy Park School were doing math and learning about teamwork, but they didn't even realize it. They were having too much fun to notice. They were measuring out ingredients, rolling dough and cutting out cookies as part of a cookie business. One afternoon in May, shortly before schools let out for the summer, the group of fourth- and fifth-graders were on a field trip to Viva the Chef, a Morristown-based cooking school that allowed students to make a mess as they created their product.
PTA ptos Lure Parents Sick of Split PTA Dues By Amit R. Paley washington Post Staff Writer ptas Lose Ground as ptos Gain Saturday, October 16, 2004 http://www.parentdirectededucation.org/PTA-PTO.htm
Region 10 ptas in washington have a Legislative Program and carry out the Legislative program within washington State PTA sets us apart from booster clubs and ptos, by the http://w3.wastatepta.org/regions/region10/re10.htm
Extractions: Welcome to returning and new officers, and all the PTA members in Region 10! I am so happy you found this page and will be able to utilize the many wonderful resources of WSPTA's website during the school year. Whatever you need to know, this is a great place to get answers. Over 100 years old, PTA is the nation's original parent group in schools, supporting and encouraging millions of parents to get involved in their children's education We are the nation's premier resource for parent involvement. It is a national, grassroots, not-for-profit organization. PTA is run by volunteers, and led by volunteers, and we are accountable to our members, parents and schools. We give parents what they want a way to help their children succeed Your role in PTA is so important! You directly impact the lives of children and your community. As a PTA leader, you will be given information and opportunities, support and training. Take advantage! Get off to a great start by making Best Practices your goal. We want you to be successful!
Washington State PTA - Every Child. One Voice. ptas have membership fees and a portion of those fees are sent to the washington State PTA ptos often do not have formal memberships or membership fees http://w3.wastatepta.org/structure/organization.htm
Extractions: Non-Traditional FAQs Local PTA Unit: A PTA (or PTSA) unit is a local, self-governing membership association whose main purpose is to serve the needs and desires of its members in promoting the health, welfare, safety and education of children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship. A local PTA unit is the basis of the grassroots involvement of PTA, because all members of PTA belong to a local unit. The real strength of PTA lies in the 146,000 local unit members working within the various school communities of the state for children and youth. A local PTA unit is chartered by and affiliated with the Washington State PTA. PTA Council: A PTA council is a group of local PTA units working together to coordinate the efforts of those units. The role of a PTA council is to provide advocacy training, support, coordinate, facilitate, and serve the needs of the local PTA units which are members of that PTA council.
Extractions: Site Map Log in to ASFSA.ORG ... Members Only August 2002 Partners Together Always Putting parent-teacher organizations to work for you. By Mark Ward, Sr. Studies confirm that parental involvement is a vital key to a childs education. Yet even moms and dads who keep up with activities in the classroom are often less informed about whats happening in the lunchroom. And if thats true, its a shame, believes Nancy Carter, SFNS, director of food and nutrition services for Kingsport (Tenn.) City Schools. Good nutrition is also integral to the education process. The more that we can turn parents into partners, the better for the kids. In finding ways to make parents more aware of the school foodservice program, directors and managers are limited only by their imaginations. But high on any list would be working through existing channels for parental involvementand in most districts that means the local parent-teacher association (PTA) or organization (PTO). PTAs are the official state, district and local affiliates of the National PTA, while PTOs are the common designation for local organizations that choose not to be affiliated with any national group. In either case, If you want to tap into parental involvement through your PTA or PTO, then you yourself have to get involved, advises Cheryl Sturgeon, director of school and community nutrition services for Jefferson County (Ky.) Public Schools. Im a life member of our district PTA, and a lot of my onsite staff are members of their schools local PTAs. So we attend the monthly meetings and, as the foodservice department, often offer to host them. And thats helped us build a productive relationship. Sturgeon says the time commitment required is not an undue burden. Its mostly going to once-a-month meetings, she explains, and I see that as part of my job. Besides, its not any more than what the parents themselves are being to asked to do.
The Cranky Professor: Bowling Alone Or Bureaucracy? This washington Post story takes the considerably more interesting approach that it Many ptas have tranformed into Booster Clubs for ptos so they did http://crankyprofessor.com/archives/000733.html
Extractions: You type, and I tell you why 4,500 years of written history shows you're wrong. Main I've read stories (not that I'm going to bother to google any) that cite the decline in PTA memberships nationwide as a symptom of American disengagement. This Washington Post story takes the considerably more interesting approach that it signifies disgust with sending more than 50% of local dues to state and national organizations, in the first example given. In other words, the decline in PTA memberships isn't parent-by-parent decline, but school-by-school withdrawal into local activism that is less interested in whatever national advantage the PTA promises. Posted by crankyprofessor at October 19, 2004 05:17 PM Comments You are correct. Many PTAs have tranformed into Booster Clubs for PTOs so they did not have to send as much money to National PTA. At out local public elementary school the fundraising is run through the Booster Board, even though we have retained a PTA (for now). Many of the moms and dads volunteer a lot of time and money to our school to replace everything that the School Board took away (art, music and a sports coach) Interestingly, we found out that you can negogtiate the percentage fee local PTAs must send to national. Maybe if the PTA had made this better known they could have stopped or slowed the number of PTAs transforming themselves into PTOs
US Freedom Foundation - PTA's Lose Ground As PTO's Gain ptas Lose Ground as ptos Gain The ParentTeacher-Association traces its history back head of the Education Policy Institute (EPI) in washington , DC An http://www.freedomfoundation.us/pta_s_lose_ground_as_pto_s_gain
Extractions: The Parent-Teacher-Association traces its history back to 1897. Its membership peaked at a bit more than 12 million in 1962. Today it is about half that but that, and other information about the PTA is largely unknown because the media virtually ignore it except for occasional coverage of a meeting. An exception is Charlene Haar, head of the Education Policy Institute (EPI) in Washington D.C. An Institute survey found that, fortunately for the PTA, 80% of parents with kids in school were unaware of national PTA positions. More than half said they would be less likely to join the PTA if they knew it opposes parental choice through school vouchers which it does. Further, when a state or national PTA convention adopts a position local chapters must endorse it or remain silent. Even without the unions, PTA independence would be difficult, at least in large public schools. The relatively few parents who become PTA members do so for only a few years. Career teachers may be active for 30 years or more. If necessary to defend their, or their union's, interests, teachers easily outnumber parents at meetings.
TSPR Dallas Independent School District - Chapter 3 Booker T. washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Advisory, that a higher percentage of district schools may have ptas or ptos that are not http://tgtp.org/tspr/dallas/ch03c3.htm
Extractions: COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT This chapter reviews Dallas Independent School District's (DISD) communications and community relations efforts in four sections: D. Broadcast Services C. COMMUNITY RELATIONS (PART 3) In addition to DISD's 16 Community Network advisory groups and task forces monitored by the Community Relations Division, the district has 41 districtwide advisory committees ( Exhibit 3-22 ) that are loosely monitored by several different departments. Some of the advisory groups include district employees, some include community members and others include a combination of both. They cover a wide variety of topics and interest areas. Exhibit 3-22 presents a listing of DISD's districtwide advisory committees. Exhibit 3-22
