Bossy Monkey
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Mon Mar-07-05 05:46 PM
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Poll question: Did your school have a PTA or a PTO? |
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Edited on Mon Mar-07-05 06:02 PM by undisclosedlocation
I graduated high school in '80. At that time, at least in these parts, only parochial schools had PTOs; now it seems everybody does. You'd think that if this was Jeannie C. Riley's fault, the change would have happened in the late '60s, but I guess Barbara Eden's tv series based on the song might have had some effect. Or maybe there was some incredible embezzling scandal in the national PTA that I just never heard about. Anybody have any ideas?
Edit: spelling
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Mon Mar-07-05 05:58 PM
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1. We drove around in a GTO |
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What the teachers and parents were doing, I have no idea. :hippie:
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Dave Reynolds
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Mon Mar-07-05 05:59 PM
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2. When I started school, |
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it was PTA. Somewhere in the middle, it became PTO.
I have seen many tractors advertised with PTO as a selling point.
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Mon Mar-07-05 06:00 PM
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3. Being Somewhat of a Gearhead... |
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PTO will always mean 'power take-off' to me.
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Mon Mar-07-05 06:01 PM
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4. PTA at ours, but there was a school in our neighborhood with a PTO |
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They liked going against the grain.
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Mon Mar-07-05 07:21 PM
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5. My school has a Parents Associtation... |
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Thats what it is called anyways.
My elementary school had a PTA...
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Mon Mar-07-05 07:26 PM
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Mon Mar-07-05 09:41 PM
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9. So instead of spaghetti suppers it was bank heists? |
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Well that's one way to pay for the chorus' field trip to Disneyland!
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Mon Mar-07-05 09:45 PM
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Out school motto was "death to the fascist insect that preys upon the lives of the people".
Ahhhh. The carefree days as a child.
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Mon Mar-07-05 07:29 PM
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7. They have one at my stepson's school. |
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The snotty bastards meet on Thursday's at 9:00 a.m. I guess it never occurred to them that not all parents are well off and have a stay-at-home parent who can make those meetings.
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Mon Mar-07-05 07:33 PM
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8. From what I understand, they are different in goals. |
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PTA is more powerful: allows/expects parental input/help/cooperation with the teachers, while a PTO is basically a fundraising vehicle, with the parents not having any say-so in the school.
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Mon Mar-07-05 09:42 PM
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10. We had a PTO. I graduated in '84. |
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