You raise alot of questions.....how is it that the district is involved with your board and the processes that run it??? In our PTO, we are a separate entity from the school and the district. The district does not tell us how to operate our PTO. We write our own bylaws and we vote our own members. When you say you have members who are employees....could you please explain more?? One of our board members is a teacher. Why not...it's their group too. Your district should not be directing your PTO. Do they also tell you how to spend your money?? Are you required to pay any dues or anything like that?? PTO's as far as I've seen, run as separate entities to the school and the district. We work hand in hand with the school we represent and the district has to approve our use of the school for meetings and fundraising events but that's it. I think your district is overstepping it's boundaries. You should look into that.
Wow, that is a lot. I would fill the four positions as instructed and see what happens. Good luck.
The irony of commitment is that it’s deeply liberating-in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life. --Anne Morris
Within the past few weeks our Charter School has been going under the microscope to undergo some changes. Right now the District holds our Charter and we had {had} the chance to have a Charter through the State (a new option). Well, after months of audits and reports our school was told no and given a Corrective Action Notice. How this affects the PTO is we have been informed that one of the measures is the School needs to restructure our current Board of Directors ie three of the current members whom are also employees need to resign and repalced with parents. Yes, parents. The PTO Board has been asked to serve as the Election Committee and work with the Election Cordinator. All this needs to happen BEFORE May 1st.....of this year!
To thicken the plot, our PTO President would like to run for the School Board (which is fine) but (I'm currently Sec.) OUR elections are the same time! Would you hold off until the fall or still help with the School Board AND fill the four postions that the PTO needs (we do have our own election committee but they only serve during the election process and not for nominations.)
I'm divided and (honestly) very overwhelmed. It's been alot of information to process and hard to believe some. This is a good move and change that will be good just hoping to get through it is what I am worried about!
