I was the PTO Secretary for the last two years. We really didn't have an active PTO the first year my children were in this school. I was asked to take this position when I came in to see where I could help at school. We never held elections, rarely had anyone come to meetings except those holding positions and yes we did send notices out about the meetings.
Last year it was announced that our K-5 would be merged with the 6-8 school up the street this year. We were supposed to have a PSCC/PTO merger meeting with the Board of Ed and never did. I emailed and left messages over the summer and never heard back. I was informed that the middle school had no PTO.
Open house was the night before school started to meet the new principal. He announced there would be a PTO meeting end of the month. I was informed that night that our previous president moved and won't be coming back. And our treasurer was gone too.
Last years vice president called me asked me to be secretary again, and that she was asked by the previous pres to now be president. She called two others to fill in the vice pres. and treasur positions. (I was thrilled to have new bodies and some gone, we had so many problems with some of those who left)
So we have our meeting tonight and a parent who is also staff at the school asks how we got our positions and why wasn't anyone notified that any were open. (She acted pretty nutso about it in my opinion) We explained and she argued that we should have held an election, its a new school and we need new ppl in place. We told her that 2 members are new (one coming from the middle school and is staff at school), another is staff and has a child in the school. That leaves me, and the previous vice pres. now pres who were there last year.
We have by-laws but nothing that states how to deal with a school merger, and something the board of education was supposed to take care of before school started but didn't. Which I did bring up at the meeting! By-laws states elections are to be held and officers elected at the end of the year, for the following year. With the school up in arms last year, fighting to keep our principal (which we didnt win), meetings with the board of education, etc.. we didn't have meetings the last two months and assumed, as we were told, that it would be dealt with.
I'm not really sure what questions I am asking, I guess just telling people who might understand the frustration. This topic took up over 20 mintues of our meeting tonight, she wouldn't let it go. The pres. agreed to an election, the principal wants to contact the board of education.
If anyone has words of wisdom, advice, etc... [img]smile.gif[/img]
