I don't know that it has anything to do with accreditation, but it's likely a school policy. And, frankly, if I were running a private school, I probably wouldn't want an independent PTO.

Most us of here on the boards are are reasonable people working for the greater good. But all of us have stories about the "previous group" or another group or a president control freak.

Think about it from the adminstrator's point of view. They have to deal with all these types of volunteers over the long term. Why would he/she want a second group, potentially running amuck and not pursuing the same goals? There's only so much parent time and funds for fundraisers. The second group could damage your efforts with the primary group.

Sounds like a misinterpretation of some rule or regulation to me.

Even if there is a requirement regarding parent involvement, how would having your own charity dedicated to parent involvement contradict that?

As a private school maybe there are some requirements as to parental involvement or some such thing. Have you asked for more specific details from your Head of School?

I'm not up on private schools but the 501c3 is separate from the school so I'm not exactly sure what that has to do with the schools accrediation-

the nonprofit and school are 2 separate entities

as for accreditation one has nothing to do with the other that I know of

Our private K-8 school, currently has a PTO with it's own 501c3, the Head of School is now telling us that we cannot have our own 501c3 as we are trying to get accredited and this is not allowed! Is this correct? I am so confused.