Our school is only nine years old and when I got some of the old paperwork the other day it looked like the Board got together and just wrote down what they thought and they have been amended over the years. If someone from another school will let you get a copy of theirs, that would be a good starting point. If you have the room offered at your school, I would have the PTO purchase a filling cabinet so you can start keeping your records in it.
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
Our school has been around for a LONG time. Our family just recently got transferred to this school due to school closings and redistricting, etc. Anyway, this PTO does not have by-laws. At least, not any bylaws that anyone can find. When I took over as president, I was given a box of tshirts and a banner. There was no paperwork or any guidelines as how to get started. I had a little experience from being involved in the PTO at the old school. I have a lot of help and information from another parent who was PTO Pres at the old school. The PTO president from last year can tell me what all pto did, but it sure would have been nice to have something in writing. I have the bylaws from the old school that we could use as a guideline.
I guess what I am asking is how to go about it? Should the board take this on and get them written and then have them approved at a general meeting? Help!
